Haren, Belgium
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Brussels-Capital Region | |
Municipality | City of Brussels |
Haren (French:
In contrast to most of Brussels, Haren has maintained nearly as many Dutch-speakers as French-speakers and has preserved a somewhat rural appearance.[citation needed]
History
The first mention of Haren dates from a little after 1050 in a book on the miracles of Saint Trudo and designates a villa.[1] A second mention dated more precisely to 1138, relates to the foundation and endowment of the chapter of Saint Gudula (future cathedral of Brussels), the most important ecclesiastical owner in Haren.[1] The lords of Haren were involved in the management of the City of Brussels in the 17th century.
Between 1932 and 1997, Haren was also the location of a Renault automobile factory, which in 1969, for the first time, produced more than 100,000 cars in a single year. At that time, it was concentrating on the assembly of Renault 4 and Renault 6 models, mostly for sale in Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia.[4] Renault also assembled AMC's Rambler automobiles there for sale in European markets.[5]
Main sites
- Haren is host to the EUROCONTROL, as well as those of many large international companies.
- Haren Prison opened in 2022; it is a prison village occupying a 15-hectare-size (37-acre) site, with a designed capacity of 1,190 persons.[7] It was partly built on the site of the derelict Wanson factory,[8] and partly on a nature reserve.[9]
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Haren Airport in 1929
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SNCB/NMBS marshalling yard
Transport
Haren has three railway stations: Buda (formerly called Haren-Buda) on line 25 between Brussels and Antwerp, Haren (formerly called Haren-Linde) on line 26 between Halle and Vilvoorde, and Haren-South on line 36 between Brussels and Leuven. The marshalling yard of the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS), sometimes referred to as Schaarbeek Vorming, is largely located on the territory of Haren.
Politics
Mayors
Historical list of mayors or burgomasters of Haren:[10]
- 1840: Jean-Baptiste Vanderelst
- 1871: F. Van Pevenage
- 1874: A. A. Jacobs
- 1879: P. Vanderelst
- 1901: J.B. Van Holsbeeck
- 1905: L.M.A Maes
In 1921, Haren ceased to be a municipality, the mayor being from then on that of the City of Brussels.
See also
- History of Brussels
- Belgium in the long nineteenth century
References
Citations
- ^ a b Haren, ancienne commune, in: Dictionnaire d'Histoire de Bruxelles (in French), Collection Dictionnaires, Éditions Proposon, Brussels, 2013, pp. 397
- ^ a b "NATO Headquarters". Nato.int. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ EBBR – BRUSSELS / Brussels-National (also PDF). Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from AIM Belgium via skeyes.
- ^ "News and Views: Renault in Belgium". Autocar. 133 (nbr3855): 32. 1 January 1970.
- ^ Billeter, Vera (1965). Logoz, Arthur (ed.). "The American Motors Story". Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition). IX. Zürich, Switzerland: Verlag International Automobile Parade: 17.
- ^ Le siège de l'OTAN fête ses trente ans en Belgique (in French), Revue de l'OTAN, vol. 45, no 5, September–October 1997, p. 34–35
- ^ Sanen, Sielke (20 October 2021). "De nieuwe gevangenis van Haren in cijfers: 15 hectare groot, 1,2 km muur en plaats voor 1.190 gedetineerden" [The new Haren prison in numbers: 15 hectares in area, 1.2 km of walls and space for 1,190 prisoners]. VRT (broadcaster) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
- ^ Delforge, Guy (8 September 2015). "Voormalige Wansonsite gesaneerd" [Former Wanson site cleaned up]. Made In (in Dutch).
- ^ Bastin, Olivier (18 June 2014), BMa / man of thoughts (PDF), Brussels-capital region, pp. 136–139,
However, the people living in Haren are less than elated to see a "super-prison" inserted into their village. The Haren locals have been subjected to all sorts of large-scale projects for years, and the arrival of the prison means the destruction of a nature reserve and walking path to Diegem.
- ^ Serge Jaumain, La région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Éditions Racine, coll. Histoire et patrimoine des communes de Belgiques (in French), 2011 (ISBN 978-2-87386-585-6)
Bibliography
- Marc Meganck and François-Emmanuel de Wasseige, Châteaux et demeures de Bruxelles (I) : Haren in Demeures Historiques et Jardins (in French), March 2012, no. 173, p. 2–9.
- Le château de Haren in Annales de la Société royale d'archéologie de Bruxelles, 1913 (vol. 27), p. 269–276.
External links
- Media related to Haren (Belgium) at Wikimedia Commons
- Belgium railway details