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Herenthout (Municipality, Province of Antwerp, Belgium) |
 | | The municipality of Herenthout (8,399 inhabitants on 1 July 2005; 2,355 ha) is located in southern Kempen, 25 km south-east of Antwerp. |
 | | Herenthout was known in 1186 as Herenholts, that is a wood with hedges of beeches. |
 | | The carnival of Herenthout was celebrated for the first time in 1892, which made of it the oldest carnaval in Belgium, as confirmed in 1978 by Minister of the Dutch Affairs Rika De Backer. |
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