Tremelo
Sign in to saveTremelo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Baal and Tremelo proper. On January 1, 2006, Tremelo had a total population of 13,725. The total area is 21.57 km2 (5330 acres) which gives a population density of 636 inhabitants per km2 (1647 per sq. mi.).
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- Belgium municipality.name
- Tremelo
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Baal parochiekerk Sint-Anna 02.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Tremelo Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Tremelo in Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Wapen van Tremelo.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Tremelo vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Leuven
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 24109
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Bert de Wit (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, Groen, N-VA
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3120, 3128
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 016, 015
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.tremelo.be
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Tremelo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Baal and Tremelo proper. On January 1, 2006, Tremelo had a total population of 13,725. The total area is 21.57 km2 (5330 acres) which gives a population density of 636 inhabitants per km2 (1647 per sq. mi.).
Located in the arrondissement or administrative district of Leuven, the official language is Dutch. Tremelo is most famous for having been the hometown of Father Damien, SS.CC. whom Pope Benedict XVI canonized on October 11, 2009, as Saint Damien of Molokai. Father Damien is locally known as Pater Damiaan, and was a legendary martyr of charity who had tended to the lepers in the Hawaiian Islands.