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Woluwe-St-Lambert

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe  (Dutch)
Municipality
Avenue de Broqueville
Avenue de Broqueville
Flag of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Flag
Coat of arms of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Coat of arms
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is located in Belgium
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°51′N 04°25′E / 50.850°N 4.417°E / 50.850; 4.417Coordinates: 50°51′N 04°25′E / 50.850°N 4.417°E / 50.850; 4.417
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
French Community
Region Brussels
Arrondissement Brussels
Government
 • Mayor Olivier Maingain (FDF)
Area
 • Total 7.22 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 54,311
 • Density 7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Postal codes 1200
Area codes 02
Website www.woluwe1200.be

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French pronunciation: ​[wolywe sɛ̃ lɑ̃bɛːʁ]) or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch, pronounced [sɪnt ˈlɑmbrɛxts ˈʋoːlyʋə]) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, often compared with Uccle (Ukkel in Dutch), another affluent Brussels municipality, and the 14th or 17th arrondissement in Paris.

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 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.

Woluwe hosts the medical faculty of the Université catholique de Louvain and its hospital, the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, and several shopping areas, notably the Avenue Georges Henri (Georges Henrilaan) and the Woluwe Shopping Centre. Some of the municipality's major roads are named after prominent 20th-century Belgian statesmen, such as the prestigious Avenue de Broqueville/de Broquevillelaan and Avenue Paul Hymans/Paul Hymanslaan. Line 1 (formerly line 1B) of the Brussels metro runs under these roads.


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