About the town » Berendrecht, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium
Popular surnames at Berendrecht
- Rombouts 161
- Cleiren 130
- Adriaenssens 123
- De Keyser 123
- Janssens 106
- Verhulst 90
- Paenen 82
- De Beukelaer 79
- Aertssen 68
- Heynen 67
- Van Ransbeeck 64
- Vidal 61
- Verbist 55
- De Vree 55
- Van Tilborg 54
- Van Meir 53
- Wils 53
- Notelteirs 51
- Van Wellen 48
- Faes 47
- Van Kampen 46
- Brands 45
- Boiy 44
- Pallemans 44
- Thomas 42
- Vermaelen 42
- Carpentier 41
- Van Kaem 41
- Claessens 40
- Douws 39
Records from Berendrecht
- BS Geboorte 6,425
- BS Overlijden 4,222
- Bevolkingsregister 755
- BS Huwelijk 491
- Bidprentjesverzameling 27
- Inschrijving gevangene 11
- Overlijdensberichten 3
- DTB Trouwen 2
- Notariële archieven 2
- Vluchtelingen 2
Source: Wikipedia Information
Berendrecht is a village in Antwerp province in Belgium. Its name means "dike of the bear", according to the area's dialect, or "dike of a man called Bear", or "passage by the marsh". But drecht or tricht means "ferry" or "crossing", and ber or bere in Indo-European means "dam", "defence against water": the resulting meaning is "river crossing at a dam". The Berendrecht Lock is the worlds largest lock, giving entrance to the Port of Antwerp.
Berendrecht
Provincie Antwerpen
Flanders
Belgium
More information about this place can be found in Wikipedia