Puurs

deelgemeente in Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium
Organization municipality_of_belgium Q908546
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Puurs

Summary

Puurs is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Puurs draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_belgium category, ranking #84 of 558).[2]

Key Facts

  • Puurs is located in Puurs-Sint-Amands[3].
  • Puurs is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • Puurs is on the body of water Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal[5].
  • Puurs's head of government is recorded as Q2846392[6].
  • Puurs's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium[7].
  • Puurs's instance of is recorded as municipality section[8].
  • Puurs's shares border with is recorded as Boom[9].
  • Puurs's shares border with is recorded as Q724025[10].
  • Puurs's shares border with is recorded as Niel[11].
  • Puurs's shares border with is recorded as Willebroek[12].
  • Puurs's shares border with is recorded as Kapelle-op-den-Bos[13].
  • Puurs's flag is recorded as flag of Puurs[14].
  • Puurs's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dębica[15].
  • Puurs's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Puurs[16].
  • Puurs's postal code is recorded as 2870[17].
  • Puurs's Commons category is recorded as Puurs[18].
  • Puurs's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[19].
  • Puurs's local dialing code is recorded as 03[20].
  • Puurs's local dialing code is recorded as 052[21].
  • November 1, 1292 marks the founding of Puurs[22].
  • Puurs was dissolved in December 31, 2018[23].
  • Puurs's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.0761, 'lon': 4.2803}[24].
  • Puurs's official website is recorded as http://www.puurs.be/[25].
  • Puurs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Puurs[26].
  • Puurs has a population of {'amount': '+17452'}[27].

Body

Founding

November 1, 1292 marks the founding of Puurs[22].

Dissolution

Puurs was dissolved in December 31, 2018[23].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Puurs include Puurs-Sint-Amands[28], a municipality of Belgium[29], in Belgium[30], founded in 2019[31].

Why It Matters

Puurs draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_belgium category, ranking #84 of 558).[2] Puurs has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Entities named for Puurs include Puurs-Sint-Amands[28], a municipality of Belgium[29], in Belgium[30], founded in 2019[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . uitinpuurssintamands.be. uitinpuurssintamands.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . statbel.fgov.be. Retrieved . statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body Dębica
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
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