Antwerp is a city an municipality in Belgium an the caipital o the Antwerp province in Flanders. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 makin it the mucklemaist municipality in Belgium an Flanders in terms o its population. Its total area is 204.51 km2, giein a population density o 2,308 inhabitants per km². The metropolitan area, includin the ooter commuter zone, covers an area o 1,449 km2 with a tot of 1,190,769 inhabitants as o 1 January 2008. The nickname o inhabitants o Antwerp is Sinjoren, efter the Spainyie wird señor, which means 'mister' or 'gent'. It refers tae the leadin Spaingie noble-men that ruled the city durin the 17t century.