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Wemmel (; ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Wemmel proper. On January 1, 2018, Wemmel had a total population of 16,347. The total area is , which gives a population density of .

Key facts

Belgium municipality.name
Wemmel
Belgium municipality.picture
WemmelTownHall.jpg
Belgium municipality.picture legend
Wemmel Castle, former residence of the Marquess of Wemmel, now Town Hall.
Belgium municipality.map
Wemmel Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend
Location of Wemmel in Flemish Brabant
Belgium municipality.arms
Blason Wemmel.svg
Belgium municipality.flag
Wemmel vlag.svg
Belgium municipality.arrondissement
Halle-Vilvoorde
Belgium municipality.nis
23102
Belgium municipality.mayor
Walter Vansteenkiste (LB Wemmel)
Belgium municipality.majority
LB Wemmel, Wemmel Plus !
Belgium municipality.postal codes
1780
Belgium municipality.telephone area
02
Belgium municipality.web
www.wemmel.be

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
Wemmelaar
Country
Belgium
Official language
Dutch
Population
17753
Area
8.74
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Grimbergen
Official website
www.wemmel.be
Image
Wemmel CH1bJPG.jpg
Dialing code
02
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Commons category
Wemmel
topic's main category
Category:Wemmel
postal code
1780
annual number of weddings
69
located in/on physical feature
Brabantse Kouters
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+32-2-462-05-00
P13200
Chad
language used
French
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Marquess of Wemmel
  • Language situation
  • Sights
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Wemmel (; ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Wemmel proper. On January 1, 2018, Wemmel had a total population of 16,347. The total area is , which gives a population density of .

The official language of Wemmel is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. In 1954, however, special linguistic facilities were given to local French-speakers. Although outside the Brussels-Capital Region, Wemmel is sometimes considered part of the suburbs of Brussels – it directly borders the city municipality of Jette and the neighbourhood of Laeken, and was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery. The Brussels orbital motorway, known as the ring, cuts through the southern part of the town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wemmel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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