Rijkevorsel


Rijkevorsel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the town of Rijkevorsel, Achtel, Sint-Jozef-Rijkevorsel and Gammel. In 2015, Rijkevorsel had a total population of 10.495. The total area is 46.79 km² which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km².

History

Rijkevorsel, Vaishak, Voirssele, Forsela in 1194. Recent archaeological finds at the Willow Street attest to human presence in the late stone age, the bronze and Iron Age and the Roman times. A large cemetery with cremation on the Helhoekheide may point to a first settlement being present here already before the beginning of our era.

Notable inhabitants