Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French)
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch)
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert's Municipal Hall
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert's Municipal Hall
Flag of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Coat of arms of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Location of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is located in Belgium
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Location in Belgium
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region
Coordinates: 50°51′N 04°25′E / 50.850°N 4.417°E / 50.850; 4.417
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
French Community
RegionBrussels-Capital
ArrondissementBrussels-Capital
Government
 • MayorOlivier Maingain (DéFI)
 • Governing party/iesLB (DéFI) - WolHU
Area
 • Total7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-01-01)[1]
 • Total57,712
 • Density7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Postal codes
1200
NIS code
21018
Area codes02
Websitefr.woluwe1200.be (in French)
nl.woluwe1200.be (in Dutch)

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French, pronounced [wolywe sɛ̃ lɑ̃bɛʁ]) or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch, pronounced [sɪnt ˈlɑmbrɛxts ˈʋoːlyu.ə] ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). In French, it is often spelt Woluwé-Saint-Lambert (with an acute accent on the first e) to reflect the Frenchified pronunciation of what was originally a Dutch place name, but the official spelling is without an accent. The Woluwe stream, from which it takes its name, flows through the municipality.

As of 1 January 2022, the municipality had a population of 58,541 inhabitants.[2] The total area is 7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi), which gives a population density of 8,018/km2 (20,770/sq mi). It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, often compared to Uccle, another affluent Brussels municipality, as well as the 14th or 17th arrondissement in Paris.

The neighbouring municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre also lies within the Brussels-Capital Region, while the former municipality of Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (Woluwe-Saint-Etienne in French) has been merged with three other municipalities (Zaventem, Nossegem and Sterrebeek) to form the municipality of Zaventem, which is in the province of Flemish Brabant in Flanders.

  1. ^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel.
  2. ^ "Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | IBSA". ibsa.brussels. Retrieved 24 September 2021.