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Antwerp Province, between 1815 and 1830 known as Central Brabant, is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the North Brabant province of the Netherlands to the north and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp, which includes the Port of Antwerp, the second-largest seaport in Europe. It has an area of 2,876 km2 (1,110 sq mi), and with over 1.85 million inhabitants as of January 2019, is the country's most populous province. The province consists of three arrondissements: Antwerp, Mechelen and Turnhout. The eastern part of the province comprises the main part of the Campine region.
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AP or in full Artesis Plantijn University College Antwerp, founded in 1995, is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the city of Antwerp and created as a merger between Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen and Plantijn Hogeschool.
May Néama was an Antwerp artist. She was most known as a painter, illustrator, sculptor and graphic artist. She designed posters, decorations for the interior, illustrations for children’s book, stage sets and costumes, stamps, banknotes, advertising and packaging, playing cards. Néama was also member of the ‘Formes Nouvelles’ and won several prizes, including the “Prize Deauville” (1961), the “Biennial Prize of the Province of Antwerp” (1965), the Prize of the National Bank (1973) and the Golden Palm in Monaco (1974). She died on 25 November 2007 at the age of 90. Her ashes were scattered into nature in Antwerp, Belgium.
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