Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Infobox Belgium Municipality
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-AN
arrondissement=Mechelen
nis=12035
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20-64=
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mayor=Eddy Vercammen (CD&V)
majority=CD&V/N-VA, independent
postal-codes=2860, 2861
telephone-area=015, 03
web= [http://www.sint-katelijne-waver.be/ www.sint-katelijne-waver.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=04
lon_deg=04
lon_min=32

Sint-Katelijne-Waver (old spelling: "Kathelijne-Waver", French "Wavre-Sainte-Catherine") is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver 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 of 542 inhabitants per km².

Economic activities

Sint-Katelijne-Waver is a centre for market gardening and hosts a lot of greenhouses. The " [http://www.mv.be Mechelse Veilingen] " in Sint-Katelijne-Waver is the largest co-operative vegetable auction in Europe.

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External links

* [http://www.sint-katelijne-waver.be Official website] - Available only in Dutch