Essen
Municipality
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Essen Essen in Belgium
Coordinates: 51°28′N 4°28′E / 51.467°N 4.467°E / 51.467; 4.467
Country	Belgium
Region	Flanders
Province	Antwerp
Arrondissement	Antwerp
Government
• Mayor	Gaston van Tichelt
Area
• Total	47.50 km2 (18.34 sq mi)
Population  (January 1, 2022)
• Total	19,341
• Density	407.2/km2 (1,055/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Postal code	2910
Area code	03
Website	Official website

Essen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality includes the towns of Essen Centrum, Heikant, Horendonk, Wildert, Statie en Hoek. On January 1, 2007 Essen had a total population of 17,143. The total area is 47.48 km² which gives a population density of 358 inhabitants per km².

The town is near the border with the Netherlands. Its train station is the last one in Belgium, the next station is Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Notable living inhabitants

• Raf and Mich Walschaerts, cabaret duo (Kommil Foo)
• Frank Focketyn, actor
• Zdeněk Štybar, Czech cyclist
• Tom Meeusen, cyclist
• Bart Aernouts, cyclist

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  Horendonk
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  Wildert