Forest / Vorst

Forest Vorst
Forest Vorst
State :	Belgium
Region :	Brussels capital
Province :	("de-provincialized" since January 1st, 1995)
District :	Brussels capital
Coordinates :	50 ° 49 ′  N , 4 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′  N , 4 ° 19 ′  E
Area :	6.25 km²
Residents:	56,289 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	9,006 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	1190
Prefix:	02
Mayor:	Stéphane Roberti ( Ecolo )
Local government address :	Commune de Forest Rue du Curé, 2 1190 Bruxelles Gemeente van Vorst Pastoorstraat, 2 1190 Brussels
Website:	www.forest.irisnet.be

Forest ( French ) or Vorst ( Dutch ) is one of 19 municipalities in the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium .

The community has 56,289 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and is 6.3 square kilometers in size. Forest / Vorst is located in the south-west of the capital and borders the communities of Anderlecht , Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis , Ixelles / Elsene and Uccle / Ukkel in the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the Flemish community Drogenbos .

In Forest / Vorst there are two large parks ( Parc de Forest / Park van Vorst and Parque de Duden / Dudenpark ), the St. Dionys Abbey and an Audi factory.

Attractions

• The Art Deco Church of St. Augustin ( → Lage )
• The former Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery , architecturally a mixture of Art Déco and modernity, today a culture and art center ( → location )
• Two Art Nouveau buildings next to each other in Avenue de Mont Kimmel / Kemmelberglaan ( → Location )
• Abbaye de Forest / Abdij van Vorst, an old abbey, now a cultural center; this is followed by the church of St. Denis ( → Lage )
• The town hall, again built in Art Deco ( → Lage )
• The building of the Marienstations ( → location )
• The front of the Prison de Forest / Gevangenis van Vorst prison ( → Lage )

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  former Benedictine abbey

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  St. Augustine's Church

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  town hall

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  the former Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery

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  Art Nouveau house on Avenue de Mont Kimmel

Web links

Commons : Vorst-Forest  - collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Demonstration against job cuts at VW plant in Brussels  - News

• Forest / Vorst municipality website (Dutch, French)
• The history of the former Citroën plant in Forest