Auderghem
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Coordinates: 50°49′00″N 04°25′34″E / 50.81667°N 4.42611°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | Flemish Community French Community |
Region | Brussels-Capital |
Arrondissement | Brussels-Capital |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sophie de Vos |
• Governing party/ies | LB (DéFI), Ecolo-Groen |
Area | |
• Total | 8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi) |
Population (2020-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 34,404 |
• Density | 3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 1160 |
NIS code | 21002 |
Area codes | 02 |
Website | www.auderghem.be (in French) www.oudergem.be (in Dutch) |
Auderghem (French, pronounced [odœʁɡɛm]; former Dutch spelling) or Oudergem (Dutch, pronounced [ˈʌudərɣɛm] ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-eastern part of the region, along the Woluwe valley and at the entrance to the Sonian Forest, it is bordered by Etterbeek, Ixelles, Watermael-Boitsfort, and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Tervuren and Overijse. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch).
Despite large roads slicing through and the increasing traffic, the municipality has an environmental advantage, and it has been able to preserve a relatively important part of its natural and historic legacy: the creeks, Rouge Cloître Abbey and its art centre, the Priory of Val-Duchesse, the Château of Three Fountains, the Château Saint-Anne, and St. Anne's Chapel.