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Ekeren is a northern suburb of Antwerp, Belgium.
Ekeren is this year celebrating its 850th birthday.
Although Ekeren is a suburb of the city of Antwerp, it used to be a distinct municipality with its own town hall, mayor, and city council. When Belgian local governments were reorganized in 1983, most of Ekeren was made part of Antwerp, together with seven other municipalities bordering to the city; Antwerp now consists of eight districts (the seven original municipalities plus the city district). As having a city as large as Antwerp means that it is easy for the "local" government to get out of touch with local problems and needs in the eight individual districts, a district council was created in addition to the city council, with responsibilities including sports, culture, youth and elderly people. The first district council of Ekeren, elected in 2001, is led by Christophe Thomas. The district council gathers in the 16th century-era Hof van Veltwijck, which saw major restructuring works around 2000; this complex also houses local administrative offices.
Ekeren used to be the home town of the Germinal Ekeren football team until Germinal merged with K. Beerschot V.A.C. into K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot (in 1999). The new club is based in the Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp.
Ekeren is home to the Jozef Pauly municipal academy for music and word, which has around 2000 pupils as of 2004 (also counting branches in some other districts of the city of Antwerp, and one in the nearby municipality of Kapellen). The academy hosts many musical ensembles; the Jozef Pauly flute ensemble has made concert tours to Australia and the United States. It should be noted that municipal music academies in Belgium are distinct from the public educational system; attending these academies is entirely optional, and merely a hobby for most of the students.
The 1 square kilometre large domain of the Oude Landen is a unique and extremely diverse piece of nature situated near the border with the Antwerp city district. Since it was a military area until 1972 (but not often used as such) where trespassing was strictly forbidden, nature was allowed to have its way for decades; the area now contains a rich mixture of plants and animals in eight more or less separate mini-ecosystems.
Ekeren is this year celebrating its 850th birthday.
Although Ekeren is a suburb of the city of Antwerp, it used to be a distinct municipality with its own town hall, mayor, and city council. When Belgian local governments were reorganized in 1983, most of Ekeren was made part of Antwerp, together with seven other municipalities bordering to the city; Antwerp now consists of eight districts (the seven original municipalities plus the city district). As having a city as large as Antwerp means that it is easy for the "local" government to get out of touch with local problems and needs in the eight individual districts, a district council was created in addition to the city council, with responsibilities including sports, culture, youth and elderly people. The first district council of Ekeren, elected in 2001, is led by Christophe Thomas. The district council gathers in the 16th century-era Hof van Veltwijck, which saw major restructuring works around 2000; this complex also houses local administrative offices.
Ekeren used to be the home town of the Germinal Ekeren football team until Germinal merged with K. Beerschot V.A.C. into K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot (in 1999). The new club is based in the Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp.
Ekeren is home to the Jozef Pauly municipal academy for music and word, which has around 2000 pupils as of 2004 (also counting branches in some other districts of the city of Antwerp, and one in the nearby municipality of Kapellen). The academy hosts many musical ensembles; the Jozef Pauly flute ensemble has made concert tours to Australia and the United States. It should be noted that municipal music academies in Belgium are distinct from the public educational system; attending these academies is entirely optional, and merely a hobby for most of the students.
The 1 square kilometre large domain of the Oude Landen is a unique and extremely diverse piece of nature situated near the border with the Antwerp city district. Since it was a military area until 1972 (but not often used as such) where trespassing was strictly forbidden, nature was allowed to have its way for decades; the area now contains a rich mixture of plants and animals in eight more or less separate mini-ecosystems.
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