{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Hingene |other_name = |motto = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = File:Kasteel d Ursel Hingene.jpg |image_caption = [[D'Ursel Castle]] |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |pushpin_map = Belgium |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Belgium |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Communities and regions of Belgium|Region]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of regions in Belgium|Province]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities in Belgium|Municipality]] |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Belgium}} |subdivision_name1 = [[Flemish Region]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Antwerp Province|Antwerp]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Bornem]] |subdivision_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = 15.06 |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2021 |population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 12007B |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref> |population_total = 5,028 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = | coordinates = {{coord|51.1033|4.2689 |type:city_region:BE|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = |elevation_m = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Hingene''' is a village and ''[[deelgemeente]]'' (sub-municipality) of the municipality of [[Bornem]] in the province of [[Antwerp Province|Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]. The village is bordered to the north by the [[Scheldt]] and to the east by the [[Rupel]].<ref name="invent"/> It is located about {{convert|16|km}} south-west of the city of [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.distance.to/Hingene,Bornem,BEL/Antwerpen,BEL |title=Distance Hingene, Bornem, BEL -> Antwerpen, BEL |website=Distance |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== History == In 1846, a hoard of coins was discovered in Hingene from the [[Roman Empire|Roman era]]. Due to its proximity to the [[Scheldt]] and [[Rupel]], the area mainly consists of ''[[polder]]'' land. Early [[dyke (embankment)|dike]] building started in the 11th century, and during the 15th century the rivers were constrained by dikes.<ref name="invent"/>
The early history of the area is characterised by rivalry with [[Bornem]]. In 1535, Hingene became property of [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]]. His nephew [[William the Silent]] became [[Stadtholder]] of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, and was forced to sell Hingene in 1560 as an independent ''[[heerlijkheid]]'' to the [[Lord of Grobbendonk]] whose family later became known as the Dukes of Ursel. The [[Ursel family]] lived in the [[D'Ursel Castle]] whose domain dominates the village.<ref name="invent">{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/13508 |title=Hingene |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed|access-date=10 May 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eenhartvoorhingene.be/Hingene.htm |title=(Deel)gemeente Hingene |website=Een Hart voor Hingene |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
The village of Nattenhaasdonk used to be part of the municipality of Hingene. Nattenhaasdonk was an independent parish and more important than Hingene until the 16th century. The [[February flood of 1825]] destroyed Nattenhaasdonk which remained under water for weeks and was abandoned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eenhartvoorhingene.be/Nattenhaasdonck.htm |title=Nattenhaasdonck |website=Een Hart voor Hingene |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
Hingene used to be an independent municipality until 1977, when it was merged into [[Bornem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/13205 |title=Bornem |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed|access-date=10 May 2022|language=nl}}</ref> In 1980s, the river dikes were heightened after the devastating flood of [[Ruisbroek, Antwerp|Ruisbroek]] in 1976.<ref name="invent"/>
== Notable people == * [[Jules Mees]] (1876–1937), professor of historical geography<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevb.be/wiki/Mees,_Juliaan_(eigenlijk_Jules)_L. |title=Mees, Juliaan (eigenlijk Jules) L. |website=Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=nl }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Martin Van Den Bossche]] (born 1941), retired professional road bicycle racer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7406 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140823202525/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7406 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 23, 2014 |title=Martin Van Den Bossche |website=Cycling Archives |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Sint-Stefanuskerk, Hingene.jpg|St Stefanus Church File:Gemeentehuis - Hingene - heden fusie met Bornem.jpg|Former town hall File:Bornem De Notelaer 02.JPG|Pavilion De Notelaer File:Louis Segersstraat 12, Hingene.JPG|Street view </gallery>
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== External links == {{Commons category-inline|positionl=left}}
{{Belgian municipality Bornem}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in Antwerp Province]] [[Category:Bornem]]