Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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Woluwe-Saint-Lambert's Municipal Hall | |
Location of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | |
| Coordinates: 50°51′N 04°25′E / 50.850°N 4.417°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | Flemish Community French Community |
| Region | Brussels-Capital |
| Arrondissement | Brussels-Capital |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Olivier Maingain (DéFI) |
| • Governing party/ies | LB (DéFI) - WolHU |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-01-01) | |
• Total | 57,712 |
| • Density | 7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1200 |
| NIS code | 21018 |
| Area codes | 02 |
| Website | fr.woluwe1200.be (in French) nl.woluwe1200.be (in Dutch) |
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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. 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.