Hoeilaart

Hoeilaart
Municipality
Hoeilaart Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Hoeilaart
Hoeilaart Location in Belgium Location of Hoeilaart in Flemish Brabant Halle-Vilvoorde
Government
• Mayor	Tim Vandenput [nl] (Open VLD)
• Governing party/ies	Open VLD, PRO Hoeilaart
Area
• Total	20.53 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	11,172
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal codes	1560
NIS code	23033
Area codes	02
Website	www.hoeilaart.be

Hoeilaart (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦuilaːrt]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The name Hoeilaart is of Gallic-Celtic origin, coming from "Ho-Lar," meaning a high clearing in the woods. Residents are called Hoeilanders or Doenders. The municipality only comprises the town of Hoeilaart proper. On January 1, 2019, Hoeilaart had a total population of 11,325. The total area is 20.43 km² which gives a population density of 493 inhabitants per km². Hoeilaart also sometimes called "The Glass Village" because of the greenhouse grape cultivation that once took place.

The official language is

• Forest Museum Jan van Ruusbroec (in the Sonian Forest)
• Neo-Romanesque Church dating from 1870–1874
• Kasteel de Man (town hall)
• "Serristenvillas" from the 1920s
• Smeyberghoeve
• The old millhouse of the Groenendael Priory

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  Old tram station of Hoeilaart with Nero statue

Notable people

• Jan van Ruusbroec
  (1291–1381), one of the greatest mystics of the southern Netherlands.
• Armand Pien, weather forecaster on Flemish TV
• Michael Klawans, basketball three-point sharpshooter. Nicknamed White Chocolate.
• comics artist, author of Nero
• Jaak Pijpen [nl], lawyer, politician
• Walter Baele

References

External links

• Media related to Hoeilaart at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Only available in Dutch

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