Machelen
Sign in to saveMachelen () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Diegem and Machelen proper. On 1 January 2006, Machelen had a total population of 12,500. The total area is , which gives a population density of . The official language of Machelen is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. A suburb of Brussels, Machelen directly borders the Brussels-Capital Region, specifically the Haren neighbourhood.
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- Belgium municipality.name
- Machelen
- Belgium municipality.picture
- StGertrudisChurchMachelen.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- St. Gertrudis church in Machelen
- Belgium municipality.map
- Machelen Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
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- Location of Machelen in Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Machelen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- MachelenVlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Halle-Vilvoorde
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 23047
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Jean Pierre De Groef (Vooruit)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Samen Vooruit, N-VA
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 1830, 1831
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 02
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.machelen.be
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Machelen () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Diegem and Machelen proper. On 1 January 2006, Machelen had a total population of 12,500. The total area is , which gives a population density of . The official language of Machelen is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. A suburb of Brussels, Machelen directly borders the Brussels-Capital Region, specifically the Haren neighbourhood.
A portion of Brussels Airport is located in Diegem, together with neighbouring town of Zaventem. The municipality contains three major road junctions: the intersection of the Brussels Ring (R0) and A201 serving the airport (labelled Zaventem), the start of the A1 towards Mechelen and Antwerp fed by the ring road, and the first junction on the A1 meeting the N211 feeder road from Vilvoorde, also accessing the airport. Buda railway station (on Belgian railway line 25) serves part of the area, although only Service S1 stops there, other routes using Vilvoorde railway station further north.