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Tessenderlo is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 located in the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 province of Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)

Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders , and is located west of the Maas River river. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Li?ge , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
. It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Li?ge , Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders....
 and Antwerp
Antwerp (province)

Antwerp is the northernmost provinces of regions in Belgium both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg , Flemish Brabant and East Flanders....
 meet at the front gate of the Averbode
Averbode

Averbode may refer to:* Averbode , a village in Belgium* Averbode Abbey, an abbey in the village* Averbode , the publishing company owned by the abbey...
 Abbey. The municipality Tessenderlo encompasses the villages of Tessenderlo proper, Schoot, Engsbergen, Hulst and Berg
Berg

Berg is the word for mountain in various Germanic languages, and may also refer to:In Germany:*Berg , a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia...
. It is on the Albert Canal
Albert Canal

The Albert Canal is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, named after Albert I of Belgium. It connects the major cities Antwerp and Li?ge and the Meuse River and Scheldt rivers....
 and the European route E313
European route E313

The European route E 313 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. Approximately 120 kilometers long, it connects the Belgium port city of Antwerp to Li?ge, the commercial and industrial centre of Wallonia....
, the highway between Antwerp
Antwerp

||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
 and Liège
Liege

The term Liege may refer to:* Feudalism, where a liege is a party in the vassalic oath of allegiance* Li?ge Island, in the Antarctic* Li?ge , a subway station in Paris...
, one of the reasons why it was the place for the first Belgian "Industrial Zone of National Importance" in the 1960's.

Tessenderlo was the scene of an infamous industrial disaster during WWII, when a stock of 150 tonnes of ammonium nitrate
Ammonium nitrate

The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with the chemical formula NitrogenHydrogen4NitrogenOxygen3, is a white powder at room temperature and standard pressure....
 at the chemical plant of "Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo" (now "Tessenderlo Chemie") - located near the centre of town - exploded on April 29th 1942, killing 189 people at the plant and in the town.

Tessenderlo is part of a small western zone of Limburg where the local dialect is not the Limburgian dialect, but Brabantic.

On January 1 2006 Tessenderlo had a total population of 16,811.






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Tessenderlo is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 located in the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 province of Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)

Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders , and is located west of the Maas River river. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Li?ge , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
. It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Li?ge , Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders....
 and Antwerp
Antwerp (province)

Antwerp is the northernmost provinces of regions in Belgium both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg , Flemish Brabant and East Flanders....
 meet at the front gate of the Averbode
Averbode

Averbode may refer to:* Averbode , a village in Belgium* Averbode Abbey, an abbey in the village* Averbode , the publishing company owned by the abbey...
 Abbey. The municipality Tessenderlo encompasses the villages of Tessenderlo proper, Schoot, Engsbergen, Hulst and Berg
Berg

Berg is the word for mountain in various Germanic languages, and may also refer to:In Germany:*Berg , a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia...
. It is on the Albert Canal
Albert Canal

The Albert Canal is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, named after Albert I of Belgium. It connects the major cities Antwerp and Li?ge and the Meuse River and Scheldt rivers....
 and the European route E313
European route E313

The European route E 313 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. Approximately 120 kilometers long, it connects the Belgium port city of Antwerp to Li?ge, the commercial and industrial centre of Wallonia....
, the highway between Antwerp
Antwerp

||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
 and Liège
Liege

The term Liege may refer to:* Feudalism, where a liege is a party in the vassalic oath of allegiance* Li?ge Island, in the Antarctic* Li?ge , a subway station in Paris...
, one of the reasons why it was the place for the first Belgian "Industrial Zone of National Importance" in the 1960's.

Tessenderlo was the scene of an infamous industrial disaster during WWII, when a stock of 150 tonnes of ammonium nitrate
Ammonium nitrate

The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with the chemical formula NitrogenHydrogen4NitrogenOxygen3, is a white powder at room temperature and standard pressure....
 at the chemical plant of "Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo" (now "Tessenderlo Chemie") - located near the centre of town - exploded on April 29th 1942, killing 189 people at the plant and in the town.

Tessenderlo is part of a small western zone of Limburg where the local dialect is not the Limburgian dialect, but Brabantic.

On January 1 2006 Tessenderlo had a total population of 16,811. The total area is 51.35 km²
Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
 which gives a population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of 327 inhabitants per km².

Notable people

  • Kate Ryan
    Kate Ryan

    Kate Ryan is a Belgium World Music Award winner. She began her singing career in 2001 and represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Je t'adore" coming in 12th place in the semi-final....
    , Belgian singer.


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