Pajottenland

The Pajottenland (; in English occasionally Payottenland) is a distinct region within the Flemish Brabant province and the south-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. The Pajottenland is predominantly farmland, with occasional gently rolling hills, and lies mostly between the rivers Dender and Zenne/Senne. The area has historically provided food and drink for the citizens of Brussels, especially Lambic beers, which are only produced there and in the Zenne valley where Brussels is.

==Geography== thumb|Townships of the Pajottenland, (Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium): Red. Pink: depending on the sources may or may not belong to the Pajottenland. The Pajottenland is generally understood to cover the following municipalities and submunicipalities: Affligem: Essene, Hekelgem and Teralfene Asse: Asse, Bekkerzeel, Kobbegem, Mollem, Relegem and Zellik Bever Dilbeek: Dilbeek, Itterbeek (with Sint-Anna-Pede), Schepdaal (with Sint-Gertrudis-Pede), Sint-Martens-Bodegem, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Groot-Bijgaarden Galmaarden: Galmaarden, Tollembeek, Vollezele Gooik: Gooik (with Strijland), Kester, Leerbeek, Oetingen Herne: Herne (with Kokejane), Herfelingen, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle Lennik: Gaasbeek, Sint-Kwintens-Lennik (with Eizeringen), Sint-Martens-Lennik Liedekerke Pepingen: Pepingen, Beert, Bellingen, Bogaarden, Elingen, Heikruis Roosdaal: Pamel (with Ledeberg), Borchtlombeek, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek, Strijtem, Kattem Sint-Pieters-Leeuw: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Oudenaken, Ruisbroek, Sint-Laureins-Berchem, Vlezenbeek Ternat: Ternat, Sint-Katherina-Lombeek, Wambeek