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Titmouse (Flemish Brabant)
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State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : Flemish Brabant
District : Halle-Vilvoorde
Coordinates : 50 ° 56 '  N , 4 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '  N , 4 ° 20'  E
Area : 34.82 km²
Residents: 19,411 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 557 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 1860, 1861
Prefix: 02, 052, 015
Mayor: Jos Emmerechts ( CD&V )

Local government address : 		Gemeente Meise
Brusselsesteenweg 44
1860 Meise
Website: www.meise.be
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Meise is a Belgian municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant with 19,411 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). It has an area of ​​34.82 km² and a population density of 557 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the town of Meise and the town of Wolvertem .

location

Meise is north of Brussels , near Wemmel and Strombeek . The main attraction is the Meise Botanical Garden .

Several well-known Belgians live in the rural Brussels suburb, including cycling legend Eddy Merckx , television meteorologist Frank Deboosere, singer Kris Wouters and television presenter Leen Demaré.

In the vicinity of the district Wolvertem there was a transmission system of the Belgian radio. On December 31, 2011, the last frequency, 927 kHz, was switched off and all four transmission masts were blown up on June 26, 2017.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Meise  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Castle of Bouchout
The Eddy Merckx bicycle factory in Meise
Botanical Garden Nationale Plantentuin van België