Beersel
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Beersel |
| picture | Het kasteel van Beersel 01.jpg |
| picture-legend | Beersel Castle, one of the municipality's notable monuments |
| map | Beersel Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg |
| map-legend | Beersel in the Province of Flemish Brabant |
| arms | Blason Beersel.svg |
| flag | Vlag Beersel.svg |
| arrondissement | Halle-Vilvoorde |
| nis | 23003 |
| mayor | Jo Vander Meylen (CD&V) |
| majority | Lijst Burgemeester, N-VA, Open VLD |
| postal-codes | 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654 |
| telephone-area | 02 |
| web | www.beersel.be |
| coordinates | |
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Beersel () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, 12 km south-west of the centre of Brussels. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2023, Beersel had a total population of 26.473. The total area is 30.01 km2, which gives a population density of 856 PD/km2.
Beersel is perhaps best known for Beersel Castle, built between 1300 and 1310 by Jean II, Duke of Brabant, as a defense for Brussels. Guillaume Dufay, a notable 15th-century Franco-Flemish composer, was likely born in Beersel. In terms of gastronomy, Beersel is known for its boterham met plattekaas en radijzen (sandwich with white cheese and radishes), usually served with a geuze beer, and for its mandjeskaas (literally 'basket cheese'), which is a white cheese stored in little baskets. Beersel also has two traditional, authentic geuze breweries, Oud Beersel and 3 Fonteinen.
Notable residents
- Eugène Prévinaire (1805–1877, Huizingen), second governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1870 until 1877
- Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967), writer
- Stéphane Demol (1966–2023), assistant manager of the Belgium national football team
- Morten Olsen (born 1949), former football player and manager of the Denmark national football team
- Karel Van Miert (1942–2009), former European Commissioner
- Guillaume Dufay (1397?–1474), Burgundian composer
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