Pajottenland
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The Pajottenland (in
Zenne valley where Brussels is.[citation needed
]
Geography
The Pajottenland is generally understood to cover the following municipalities and
submunicipalities
:
- Hekelgem and Teralfene
- Bever
- Dilbeek: Dilbeek, Itterbeek (with Sint-Anna-Pede), Schepdaal (with Sint-Gertrudis-Pede), Sint-Martens-Bodegem, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Groot-Bijgaarden
- Vollezele
- Gooik: Gooik (with Strijland), Kester, Leerbeek, Oetingen
- Herne: Herne (with Kokejane), Herfelingen, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle
- Lennik: Gaasbeek, Sint-Kwintens-Lennik (with Eizeringen), Sint-Martens-Lennik
- Liedekerke
- Pepingen: Pepingen, Beert, Bellingen, Bogaarden, Elingen, Heikruis
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek, Strijtem, Kattem
- Sint-Laureins-Berchem, Vlezenbeek
- Sint-Katherina-Lombeek, Wambeek
According to a lawyer named De Gronckel who first described it, the Pajottenland also includes
Brussels region
, may also be included.
The tourist area marketed under the name Pajottenland en Zennevallei (Pajottenland and Zenne Valley) also includes the municipalities
Zenne
Valley to the south-west of the main Pajottenland region.
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Landscape in Gooik
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Lambic, Kriek and Gueuze De Cam, Gooik
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Brabant draft horses.
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The Blind Leading the Blind (Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1568)
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Little church in Sint-Anna-Pede (Dilbeek).
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The Blind Leading the Blind in Sint-Anna-Pede.
See also
- Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium
References
- Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Joris Pattyn, Lambicland, ISBN 0-9547789-0-1
External links
- Media related to Pajottenland at Wikimedia Commons
- The Pajottenland, official Pajottenland & Zennevallei tourist site
- The Pajottenland
50°47′N 4°7′E / 50.783°N 4.117°E