Erps-Kwerps

Coordinates: 50°54′14″N 4°33′29″E / 50.904°N 4.558°E / 50.904; 4.558
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Aerial view of Erps-Kwerps
Church of the Erps parish (1864)

Erps-Kwerps is a village in the Belgian Province of Flemish Brabant[1] and a sub-municipality of Kortenberg. It has an area of 15.94 km^2.

Geography

Neighbouring places are

Nederokkerzeel (municipality of Kampenhout), Kortenberg, Veltem-Beisem [nl] (municipality of Herent), Meerbeek and Everberg
.

Location

The village is situated on the prolongation of the runway 07R/25L of the Brussels Airport. Its geographical coordinates are 50° 54' 0" North, 4° 34' 0" East.[2]

Farming in the region

Since it is located within the fertile Central Plateau of the Province of Brabant [3] it is also part of the so-called "Brabantse Groentenstreek", the "Brabant vegetable region". The main cultivation product is Belgian endives.

Parishes

Two parishes exist in Erps-Kwerps, Erps and Kwerps, each having its own church.

Saint Amand and the church of Kwerps after Saint Peter. The latter owns a choir of the seventeenth century and a tower of the late Romanesque period. The old town hall at the town square (Dorpsplein) of Erps was built in 1875 after the design of Alexander Van Arenbergh of Leuven
.

Transportation

Erps-Kwerps is connected to the railway Brussels - Liège (line 36, HSL 2). The railway station is 2 km from the town centre.

References

  1. ^ "Flemish Brabant". Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  2. ^ "Erps-Kwerps Map | Belgium Google Satellite Maps". www.maplandia.com.
  3. ^ "Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  4. ^ "Engels". home.scarlet.be.

External links

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