Retie
Encyclopedia
Retie is a municipality located in the Campine
region of the Belgian
province of Antwerp
. The municipality only comprises the town of Retie proper. On 1 January 2006 Retie had a total population of 10,321. The total area is 48.39 km² which gives a population density of 213 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Campine
The Campine is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-western Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands...
region of the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
province of Antwerp
Antwerp (province)
Antwerp is the northernmost province 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. Its capital is Antwerp which comprises the Port of Antwerp...
. The municipality only comprises the town of Retie proper. On 1 January 2006 Retie had a total population of 10,321. The total area is 48.39 km² which gives a population density of 213 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Famous inhabitants
- Lodewijk de KoninckLodewijk de KoninckLodewijk De Koninck was a Flemish writer.He studied at the school for teachers Lier and became a teacher in Antwerp. Later he became an inspector of the Catholic primary schools and a teacher at the school for teachers in Mechelen.As a writer he wrote poems which reflected his strict catholic belief...
(1838–1924), writer - Peter van HovePeter van HovePeter van Hove was a Flemish Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete.-Biography:Peter was born at Retie, in the Campine region of Flanders...
, (18thC.) Friar Minor