Tervuren
Tervuren
Tervueren (French) | |
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 The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), seen from the park behind the museum | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Tervuren  | |
  Tervuren Location in Belgium
Location of Tervuren in Flemish Brabant Leuven | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marc Charlier (N-VA) |
| • Governing party/ies | N-VA, CD&V, Groen+ |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.62 km2 (12.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 22,248 |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 3080 |
| NIS code | 24104 |
| Area codes | 02 |
| Website | www.tervuren.be |
Tervuren (Dutch:
The official language of Tervuren is
Tervuren is one of the richest municipalities in Belgium. It is linked to Brussels by a large processional avenue,
History
For centuries people thought that Tervuren was the same place as "Fura", where Saint Hubert (Hubertus) died in 727 AD. There is, however, no historical proof of this, and recent scholarship locates "Fura" in Voeren/Fourons, between Maastricht and Liège.[3]
A document dating from 1213 AD proves the presence of
Tram 44, which travels between Brussels (Montgomery) and Tervuren (and the Royal Museum for Central Africa) exists because of Leopold II's desire to bring visitors from around the world to his 1897 exhibition of the Congo Free State.
Culture
- The giant redwoodin Flanders, and a large park with lakes. St Hubert Chapel is located at the west end of the park.
- Tervuren Library (Gemeentelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Tervuren - GOBT) is situated at Markt 7. It contains around 43,300 printed documents, and 886 DVDs.
Education
The Gemeentelijke Basisschool Tervuren has a kindergarten and a primary school. The Heilig Hartcollege (HHC) Tervuren has a primary school as well. It also has a grammar school. The Koninklijke Atheneum Tervuren (KAT) is a primary and grammar school. There is also the GITO, a secondary technical school. The British School of Brussels has been located in Tervuren since 1970. There are also several alternative schools including the Kristoffel Steiner School[4] (originally for children 2.5 to 6 years and now introducing primary school education). The Steiner method of teaching is subsidised by the Government and follows the curriculum from the Federation of Steiner Schools in Flanders; Dutch speaking but encompasses and accommodates children from different nationalities.
Twin towns
Tervuren is
Notable people
- Luc Coene, governor van de National Bank of Belgium
- Ward Lernout, painter
- Miel Puttemans, athlete
- Prince Laurent of Belgium
- Henry Van de Velde, painter, architect, and interior designer
- Christian Dotremont, painter and co-founder of the COBRA movement
- Frank Vandenbroucke, politician
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ https://www.stpaulstervuren.be St.Paul's Church website
- ^ R. de la Haye, “Lambertus, laatste bisschop van Maastricht; Hubertus, eerste bisschop van Luik: Hun eigentijdse levensbeschrijvingen”, Publications de la Société Historique et Archéologique dans le Limbourg (PSHAL) 143 (2007), 9-66.
- ^ www.steinerschooltervuren.be
- ^ a b "Tervuren - Integratie" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2012-10-05.
External links
- Official Tervuren official website (in Dutch)
- arboretum-tervuren.be, Arboretum of Tervuren - This web site lets you discover one of the jewels of the green crown of Brussels: The Geographic Arboretum of Tervuren.
- Some pictures of The Tervuren park
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