Affligem
Sign in to saveAffligem (; anciently written Afflighem) is a municipality located some west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the city of Aalst and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw. Affligem is situated in the Pajottenland.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Affligem
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Winters zicht op Teralfene.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Affligem Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Affligem in the Province of Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Affligem.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Affligem vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Halle-Vilvoorde
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 23105
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Walter De Donder (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Lijst Burgemeester (CD&V), Open2040
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 1790
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 053 - 02
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.affligem.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde
- Capital
- Essene
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 13225
- Area
- 17.70
- Elevation
- 62
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Head of government
- Walter De Donder
- Shares border with
- Denderleeuw
- Official website
- www.affligem.be
- Image
- Affligemabdij5.jpg
- Dialing code
- 053
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- located in/on physical feature
- Pajottenland
- postal code
- 1790
- twinned administrative body
- Valea Chioarului
- Commons category
- Affligem
- topic's main category
- Category:Affligem
- annual number of weddings
- 44
- native label
- Affligem
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1977-01-01
- phone number
- +32-53-64-00-00
- contains settlement
- Hekelgem
- P13200
- Friday
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Monuments
- Affligem Abbey beers
- References
- External links and sources
Affligem (; anciently written Afflighem) is a municipality located some west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the city of Aalst and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw. Affligem is situated in the Pajottenland.
The municipality comprises the villages of Essene, Hekelgem and Teralfene (note that there is no village called Affligem proper). On 1 January 2006 it had 11,956 inhabitants. The total area is , giving a population density of 676 inhabitants per km2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Affligem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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