Halle (Belgium)

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State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	Flemish Brabant
District :	Halle-Vilvoorde
Coordinates :	50 ° 44 ' N , 4 ° 14' E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ' N , 4 ° 14' E
Area :	44.4 km²
Residents:	39,540 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	891 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	1500, 1501, 1502
Prefix:	02
Mayor:	Marc Snoeck (sp.a)
; Local government address :	Stadhuis ; Oud strijdersplein 18 ; 1500 hall
Website:	www.halle.be

Halle ( French Hal ) is a city in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant . It is the southernmost city in the Dutch-speaking region.

geography

Halle is located on the Senne , the city center on its left bank. The river is accompanied and crossed here by the Charleroi-Brussels Canal . On the hills to the east of these waters, the settlement area from Halle hardly interrupts the transition into the Greater Brussels agglomeration . To the southeast belongs to the urban area of the Hallerbos forest , one of the remains of the coal forest (Silva Carbonaria), which in ancient times stretched from the center of today's Flanders to the Meuse . To the west, the city borders on the fertile, hilly Pajottenland . This historical granary of Brussels is still predominantly agricultural today.

Sub -municipalities are Halle, Buizingen , Lembeek , Breedhout , Essenbeek , Sint-Rochus and Hondzocht .

Buildings

St. Martin in Halle

Stadhuis in Halle

Buizingen Castle, once the country seat of the Brussels Thurn and Taxis

The high-Gothic St. Martin's Basilica was built between 1341 and 1467 and houses works of art donated by high-ranking statesmen: a reliquary of Louis XI. of France (1423–1483), the St. Martin's altar in 1533 by Emperor Charles V , a monstrance of Henry VIII of England and the Mainz chalice .

The town hall (Stadhuis) is a Renaissance building from 1611. The former Jesuit college was built in 1650.