- Kalmthout
infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Kalmthout
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arms=Kalmthout.jpg
region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-AN
arrondissement=Antwerp
nis=11022
pyramid-date=
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18-64=
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foreigners=
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mayor=Lukas Jacobs (CD&V)
majority=CD&V ,VLD
postal-codes=2920
telephone-area=03
web= [http://www.kalmthout.be/ www.kalmthout.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=23
lon_deg=04
lon_min=28|Kalmthout is a
municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the village of Kalmthout. OnJanuary 1 2007 Kalmthout had a population of 17,508. The total area is 59.45 km². Kalmthout has apopulation density of 294 inhabitants per km².The
Arboretum Kalmthout is one of Belgium's most beautifulbotanical garden s. TheKalmthoutse Heide is a nature reserve of nearly 10,000 acres crossing the border between Belgium and theNetherlands .Notable inhabitants
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Maria Rosseels (1916-2005), journalist and writer
*Willy Vandersteen (1913-1990), Flemishcomic book creator ofSpike and Suzy
* The three members of Flemish folk andworld music groupLaïs are from Kalmthout.External links
* Kalmthout [http://www.kalmthout.be Official website]
* Scouts Kalmthout heuvel [http://www.scoutsheuvel.be Official website]
* Arboretum Kalmthout [http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be Official website]
* [http://www.grensparkzk.be/index_english.html Kalmthoutse Heide] (in English)
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