Anderlecht
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Anderlecht municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region
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| Coordinates: 50°50′N 04°20′E / 50.833°N 4.333°ECoordinates: 50°50′N 04°20′E / 50.833°N 4.333°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
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| Region | Brussels | ||
| Arrondissement | Brussels | ||
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| • Mayor | Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven (MR) | ||
| • Governing party/ies | LB - PS-SP.A-CDH | ||
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| • Total | 17.74 km2 (6.85 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2016) | |||
| • Total | 117,412 | ||
| • Density | 6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 1070 | ||
| Area codes | 02 | ||
| Website | www.anderlecht.be | ||
Anderlecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑndərˌlɛxt]; French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dɛʁlɛkt]) is one of the nineteen municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. It is bordered by the City of Brussels, Dilbeek, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Saint-Gilles and Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.
On February 1, 2015, the municipality had a population of around 118,414. The total area is 17.74 km² which gives a population density of 6,610 inhabitants per km².
The first traces of human activity on the right bank of the Senne date from the Stone Age and Bronze Age. The remnants of a Roman villa and of a Frankish necropolis were also found on the territory of Anderlecht. The first mention of the name Anderlecht, however, dates only from 1047 under the forms Anrelech, then Andrelet (1111), Andreler (1148), and Anderlech (1186). At that time, this community was already home to a chapter of canons and to two feudal manors, those of the powerful lords of Aa and of Anderlecht.
In 1356, Louis of Male, Count of Flanders fought against Brussels on the territory of Anderlecht, in the so-called Battle of Scheut, supposedly over a monetary matter. Although he defeated his sister-in-law, Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, and briefly took her title, she regained it the following year with the help of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1393, Joanna’s charter made Anderlecht a part of Brussels. It is also around this time that the church of Saint Guido was rebuilt above the earlier Romanesque crypt in the Brabant Gothic style.
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