Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
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  Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Location in Belgium
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region Region Brussels-Capital | | |
| Arrondissement | Brussels-Capital | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Benoît Cerexhe (LB) | |
| • Governing party/ies | LB, Ecolo-Groen, DéFI | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi) | |
| Population (2020-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 42,119 | |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) | |
| Postal codes | 1150 | |
| NIS code | 21019 | |
| Area codes | 02 | |
| Website | www.woluwe1150.be | |
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (French pronunciation: (French–Dutch).
As of 1 January 2022[update], the municipality had a population of 42,216 inhabitants., can still largely be seen today.
History
Middle Ages to 17th century
The first appearance of the name Wolewe dates from 1117 and can be found in a charter from
Protestants and the ensuing poverty and famine took their toll on the entire population. Safety and prosperity returned under the reigns of Archdukes Albert VII and Isabella at the beginning of the 17th century. The first grand alley linking Tervuren to Brussels
, then known as the "Street of the Duke", dates from that period.
18th century until today
The
Second World War
. Nowadays, agriculture and fisheries, common before 1918, have completely disappeared. The area now depends nearly exclusively on the service sector of the economy.
Sights
- The extensive Woluwe Park includes .
- The imposing modern Municipal Hall is open to visitors.
- The municipality's main church (Saint Peter) was erected in 1755 on the site of a much older building and perpendicular to it, with funds from Forest Abbey. Traces of the older building can still be seen on the left of the current church.
- Several turn-of-the-century houses and manors can still be seen today, such as the Stoclet Palace, which was built between 1905 and 1909 on a design by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet, and contains mosaics and paintings by Gustav Klimt.
- The Bibliotheca Wittockiana houses one of the most prestigious bookbindingcollections in the world.
- The memorial on the Avenue Jules-César/Julius Caesarlaan to the Belgian Volunteer Corps for Korea, the force sent by Belgium to aid South Korea during the Korean War (1950–1953).
- The Brussels Tram Museumdisplays a collection of trams and buses of different ages.
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Woluwe stream -
Stoclet Palace by Josef Hoffmann (1911) -
Gombert House (1933)
Famous inhabitants
- Jean Bingen (1920–2012), papyrologist and epigrapher died there
- Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris (1933–2019), pretender to the French throne
- Eddy Merckx (not currently residing), professional cyclist, multiple winner of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the 1960s and 1970s
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre is twinned with:
Ruyumba, Rwanda- Gangnam-gu (Seoul), South Korea
New Iberia, Louisiana, USA
Pecica, Romania
Chaoyang, China
Chennai, India
See also
- Woluwe stream
- Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe), an adjacent municipality
- Sint-Stevens-Woluwe
References
Footnotes
- accenton the first "e". Though the first version (without an accent) is the official version, the second one fits more the French pronunciation.
Citations
- ^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel.
- ^ "Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | IBSA". ibsa.brussels. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
Bibliography
- Falkenback, Pierre (1973). Historique de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (in French). Brussels: Commune de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. OCLC 1419423.
- Culot, P. (1996). Bibliotheca Wittockiana. Brussels: Crédit communal, ISBN 90-5544-103-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
- Official site of the municipality, in French, Dutch, and English
- Official website of the Bibliotheca Wittockiana
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