Kraainem
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Kraainem () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Kraainem proper. On January 1, 2006, Kraainem had a total population of 13,150. The total area is , which gives a population density of . A suburb of Brussels, it directly borders the Stockel and Kapelleveld neighbourhoods (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality) within the city, and was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Kraainem
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Avenue Baron Albert d'Huartlaan.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Avenue Baron Albert d'Huart
- Belgium municipality.map
- Kraainem Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Kraainem in Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Kraainem wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Kraainem vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Halle-Vilvoorde
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 23099
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Bertrand Waucquez (Kraainem-Unie)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Kraainem-Unie, LB
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 1950
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 02
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.kraainem.be
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kraainem () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Kraainem proper. On January 1, 2006, Kraainem had a total population of 13,150. The total area is , which gives a population density of . A suburb of Brussels, it directly borders the Stockel and Kapelleveld neighbourhoods (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality) within the city, and was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery.
Kraainem is a municipality with language facilities within Flanders, where the sole official language is Dutch. In 1954, however, special linguistic facilities were given to local French-speakers, when those were still a minority. They can request official documents from the local administration in French. Today, a majority of the inhabitants are French-speaking.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kraainem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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