Rixensart
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Wallonia | |
Province : | Walloon Brabant | |
Coordinates : | 50 ° 43 ' N , 4 ° 32' E | |
Area : | 17.54 km² | |
Residents: | 22,558 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density: | 1,286 inhabitants per km² | |
Post Code: | 1330-1332 | |
Prefix: | 02 | |
Mayor: | Patricia Lebon ( NAP ) | |
Local government address : |
Avenue de Merode, 75 1330 Rixensart |
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Website: | www.rixensart.be |
Rixensart ( Walloon Ricsinsåt ) is a municipality in the French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium . It consists of the three districts of Genval , Rixensart and Rosières .
economy
Rixensart is the main production site for the vaccines division of the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline . Based on the production location, almost all vaccines from GSK have the suffix "-rix" in their name. Rixensart is also GlaxoSmithKline's research and development center for new vaccines.
traffic
In Rixensart, the Brussels S-Bahn is integrated into the Belgian capital's local transport network via a station on the S 8 line .
Town twinning
Rixensart has had a partnership with the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Winterberg since 1974 . Further partnerships exist with Touquet (France, since 1970), Birstall (Great Britain), Poperinge (Belgium), Bradu (Romania) and Ruhondo (Rwanda).
Daughters and sons of the church
- Madeleine Defrenne (* 1916 in Genval; † 2008) Romance studies and literary scholar
- Emile Daems (* 1938 in Genval), racing cyclist
politics
Seti 2006 was the liberal ( MR ) Mayor Jean Vanderbecken in office, he was re-elected with an absolute majority in the 2012 local elections with his open list ( Nouvelle Alliance Pluraliste - MR ). As a result of an operation, he died at the age of 62 on June 6, 2017. On October 14, 2018, Patricia Lebon was elected as the new mayor.
Web links
- Official website of Rixensart (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rixensart aide
- ↑ Le bourgmestre de Rixensart, Jean Vanderbecken, est décédé. La Libre Belgique June 7, 2017, accessed June 11, 2017
- ↑ RTBF Info - Les élections 2019 - Rixensart. In: rtbf.be. Retrieved July 23, 2020 (French).