Vlezenbeek
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| Region : | Flanders | ||
| Province : | Flemish Brabant | ||
| District : | Halle-Vilvoorde | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 48 ' N , 4 ° 13' E | ||
| Area : | 10.03 km² | ||
| Post Code: | 1602 | ||
| Prefix: | 02 | ||
Vlezenbeek is a Belgian village in Pajottenland and one of the four sub-municipalities of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw in the province of Flemish Brabant . The village has 3324 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2007).
economy
The Flemish municipality of Vlezenbeek has largely retained its original, rural character. A large part of the area is still used for agriculture today, mainly as pasture for dairy cows or for growing maize. In the area of Vlezenbeek there is also the small nature reserve Zobbroekvallei. However, companies such as the Chokolatier Neuhaus or the Lambic brewery Lindemans have also settled in the municipality . With the support of public funds, a research center for medicinal herbs and edible plants was established in 2008. Every year in October there is a big fair in Vlezenbeek, where mainly animals such as horses, ponies, rabbits and poultry are offered.
population
The municipality of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw is officially purely Dutch-speaking, but it is home to a small French-speaking minority.
Border location
The eastern border of the Vlezenbeek area also forms the border between the province of Flemish Brabant and the Brussels-Capital Region .
The municipal boundary also forms a cultural and linguistic dividing line here, which plays an important role in the everyday reality of the municipality. While on one side of this border is the rural and largely Dutch-speaking Vlezenbeek, on the other side of the border there is initially an industrial park that belongs to the municipality of Anderlecht in the capital region of Brussels. In addition to the Erasmus / Erasme University Hospital, there are also large supermarkets such as Cora or Decathlon as well as some prefabricated buildings. Beyond this industrial area, the Brussels ring road runs in a north-south direction. Behind the motorway is the mostly French-speaking Anderlecht, which is characterized by urban development and a high proportion of migrants.
A large part of Vlezenbeek's population works in Brussels. Because of this, and because of the needle-like traffic connection between Vlezenbeek and Brussels, there are usually traffic jams on the main street of the village, the postal route, on working days. Before the high Islamic holidays, numerous Muslim residents of Anderlecht come to Vlezenbeek to buy lambs on the local farms.
Vlezenbeek is in the Pajottenland and belongs to the so-called Flemish Rand around Brussels. In Vlezenbeek, as in numerous other municipalities on the Flemish Rand, there are fears that the predominantly French-speaking Brussels will continue to expand and the original character of the village could be lost. Various parties and citizens' groups campaign for the village and Flemish character of the community to be preserved.