Zoersel is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of Antwerp

Antwerp (province)

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. The municipality comprises the towns of Halle, St. Antonius  and Zoersel proper. On January 1, 2010 Zoersel had a total population of 21,308. The total area is 38.65 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 534 inhabitants per km².

Sports

The women's A squad of volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 club Gea Happel Amigos Zoersel

Gea Happel Amigos Zoersel

Gea Happel VOC Amigos Zoersel is a Belgian volleyball club based in Zoersel.The team was founded in 1997, as a result of a merger between VOC Halle and VC Amigos . Zoersel's women's A squad won promotion to the highest level of Belgian volleyball for the first time in 2006...

plays at the highest level of the Belgian league pyramid.