Sint-Katelijne-Waver is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 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 comprises the towns of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver is a Belgian village roughly 10 km east of Mechelen. It is a part of Sint-Katelijne-Waver. The village contains a neogothic church and is situated not far from the main highway between Brussels and Antwerp....

 and Sint-Katelijne-Waver proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Katelijne-Waver had a total population of 19,577. The total area is 36.12 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 542 inhabitants per km².

Economic activities

Sint-Katelijne-Waver is a centre for market gardening

Market gardening

A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. It is distinguishable from other types of farming by the diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically, from under one acre ...

 and hosts a lot of greenhouse

Greenhouse

A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...

s. The Mechelse Veilingen in Sint-Katelijne-Waver is the largest co-operative vegetable

Vegetable

The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant....

 auction

Auction

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 in Europe.

External links

• Official website - Available only in Dutch
  Dutch language
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