Boortmeerbeek () is a town in the
Belgian
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province of
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Haina ...
. The municipality comprises the towns of Boortmeerbeek proper,
Schiplaken and
Hever. The total area is 18.64 km² which gives a
population density
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of 620 inhabitants per km².
Related people
* Jan van Muysen, built the church in 1451
* Charles de Santa Cruz; knight, lord of Boortmeerbeek; married to Susanne de Molenare.
** Juan Franscisco de Santa Cruz, Lord of Boortmeerbeek, married to Marie Antoinette Baltine Tucher.
See also
*
Twentieth convoy
On 19 April 1943, members of the Belgian Resistance stopped a Holocaust train and freed a number of Jews who were being transported to Auschwitz concentration camp from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium, on the twentieth convoy from the camp. In t ...
References
Televisiedecor
Boortmeerbeek is meerdere malen een decor voor series op tv geweest. De bekende serie
nonkel jef werd er grotendeels opgenomen en ook familie is vaak te gast in Boortmeerbeek voor opnames.
External links
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boortmeerbeek.beXXste KonvooiHeemkring RavensteynBoortmeerbeek.org
Municipalities of Flemish Brabant
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