Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle is a village and deelgemeente of

Dilbeek Dilbeek () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Dilbeek proper, Groot-Bijgaarden, Itterbeek (with Sint-Anna-Pede), Schepdaal (with Sint-Gertrudis-Pe ...

History

Historically, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle was a part of the Land of Asse. Together with

Groot-Bijgaarden Groot-Bijgaarden (officially) or Grand-Bigard is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Dilbeek, a suburb of Brussels, in Flanders, Belgium. Toponymy The name Bijgaarden is derived from the Germanic word for enclosure. The appellation ...

Itterbeek Itterbeek is a historical village in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, and since 1977 a submunicipality of Dilbeek. Toponymy The village derives its name from the Indo-European words 'eud-' (water) en 'baki' (stream). One of the first m ...

Schepdaal Schepdaal is a village and deelgemeente of Dilbeek in Flanders, Belgium. History The oldest mention dates back to 1260, when the area was called Scepdale. Before 1827 Schepdaal was a part of Zierbeek, named after the stream with the same name ...

and

Sint-Martens-Bodegem Sint-Martens-Bodegem (locally known as: ''Beugem'') is a historic village that is now part of Dilbeek Dilbeek () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Di ...

, it has formed the municipality of

since 1 January 1977.

Geography

Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle has 1,633 inhabitants and consists of . The height above sea level varies between .

Attractions

* Sint-Ulrik Church * The neo-classical : built in 1773 by the architect Laurent-Benoît Dewez, now used as a cultural centre. * Castle Nieuwermolen * Brewery Girardin: an authentic lambic brewery

Education

* Klein klein kleutertje (nursery school) * De Kriebel (primary school)

Bagaya-Kapelle

Since 1989, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle is twinned with Bagaya, a village in the

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, in the south of

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

. The goal is to bring the two communities closer together and to support several local development projects.

External links

Municipality of Dilbeek

Bagaya-Kapelle (Dutch)
{{Coord, 50, 52, 48, N, 4, 13, 06, E, source:nlwiki, display=title Dilbeek Populated places in Flemish Brabant