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Beersel

FieldValue
nameBeersel
pictureHet kasteel van Beersel 01.jpg
picture-legendBeersel Castle, one of the municipality's notable monuments
mapBeersel Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
map-legendBeersel in the Province of Flemish Brabant
armsBlason Beersel.svg
flagVlag Beersel.svg
arrondissementHalle-Vilvoorde
nis23003
mayorJo Vander Meylen (CD&V)
majorityLijst Burgemeester, N-VA, Open VLD
postal-codes1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654
telephone-area02
webwww.beersel.be
coordinates

|picture-legend = Beersel Castle, one of the municipality's notable monuments |map-legend = Beersel in the Province of Flemish Brabant |postal-codes = 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654 |telephone-area = 02

Beersel () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, 12 km south-west of the centre of Brussels. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2023, Beersel had a total population of 26.473. The total area is 30.01 km2, which gives a population density of 856 PD/km2.

Beersel is perhaps best known for Beersel Castle, built between 1300 and 1310 by Jean II, Duke of Brabant, as a defense for Brussels. Guillaume Dufay, a notable 15th-century Franco-Flemish composer, was likely born in Beersel. In terms of gastronomy, Beersel is known for its boterham met plattekaas en radijzen (sandwich with white cheese and radishes), usually served with a geuze beer, and for its mandjeskaas (literally 'basket cheese'), which is a white cheese stored in little baskets. Beersel also has two traditional, authentic geuze breweries, Oud Beersel and 3 Fonteinen.

Notable residents

  • Eugène Prévinaire (1805–1877, Huizingen), second governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1870 until 1877
  • Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967), writer
  • Stéphane Demol (1966–2023), assistant manager of the Belgium national football team
  • Morten Olsen (born 1949), former football player and manager of the Denmark national football team
  • Karel Van Miert (1942–2009), former European Commissioner
  • Guillaume Dufay (1397?–1474), Burgundian composer

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References

  1. "Statistieken van bevolking".
  2. "Bevolkingsdichtheid {{!}} Statbel".
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