Rumst

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality

|name = Rumst

|picture = Old tram station in Rumst.jpg

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|map = Rumst Antwerp Belgium Map.svg

|map-legend = Location of Rumst in the province of Antwerp

|arms = Rumst wapen1.svg

|flag = Flag of Rumst.svg

|region = {{BE-REG-FLE}}

|community = {{BE-NL}}

|province = {{BE-PROV-AN}}

|arrondissement = Antwerp

|nis = 11037

|pyramid-date =

|0-19 =

|18-64 =

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|foreigners =

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|mayor = Jurgen Callaerts (N-VA)

|majority = N-VA, CD&V -3D

|postal-codes = 2840

|telephone-area = 03, 015

|web = [http://www.rumst.be/ www.rumst.be]

|coordinates = {{coord|51|05|N|04|25|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}

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Rumst ({{IPA|nl|rʏmst}}, old spelling: Rumpst) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Since 1976 the municipality not only comprises Rumst proper but also the towns of {{ill|Reet, Belgium{{!}}Reet|nl|Reet (België)}} (old spelling: Reeth) and {{ill|Terhagen|nl|Terhagen (Rumst)}}, which were independent municipalities before that year.

Industry in Rumst, like Boom, was heavily focused around the production of clay products like bricks. This industry has largely disappeared after 1970.

In Rumst, the river Rupel starts as a combination of the Dijle and Nete (river) rivers.

In 2021, Rumst had a total population of 15,146. The total area is {{convert|19.90|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 11037 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}