Beersel
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Beersel () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, south-west of the centre of Brussels. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2023, Beersel had a total population of 26.473. The total area is , which gives a population density of .
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Beersel
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Het kasteel van Beersel 01.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Beersel Castle, one of the municipality's notable monuments
- Belgium municipality.map
- Beersel Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Beersel in the Province of Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Beersel.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Vlag Beersel.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Halle-Vilvoorde
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 23003
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Jo Vander Meylen (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Lijst Burgemeester, N-VA, Open VLD
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 02
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.beersel.be
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Beersel () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, south-west of the centre of Brussels. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2023, Beersel had a total population of 26.473. The total area is , which gives a population density of .
Beersel is perhaps best known for Beersel Castle, built between 1300 and 1310 by Jean II, Duke of Brabant, as a defense for Brussels. Guillaume Dufay, a notable 15th-century Franco-Flemish composer, was likely born in Beersel. In terms of gastronomy, Beersel is known for its boterham met plattekaas en radijzen (sandwich with white cheese and radishes), usually served with a geuze beer, and for its mandjeskaas (literally 'basket cheese'), which is a white cheese stored in little baskets. Beersel also has two traditional, authentic geuze breweries, Oud Beersel and 3 Fonteinen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beersel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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