Steenokkerzeel () is a
municipality
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located 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
Melsbroek
Melsbroek Air Base is a Belgian Air Component facility in Steenokkerzeel, northeast of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. It is located on the northern side of the same site as Brussels Airport, with which it shares runways and ground and air co ...
,
Perk and Steenokkerzeel proper. On December 31, 2010 Steenokkerzeel had a total population of 11,580. The total area is 23.46 km² which gives a
population density
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of 493 inhabitants per km². (Steenokkerzeel: 6.333 inhabitants, Melbroek 2.508 inhabitants, Perk 2.739 inhabitants.)
Steenokkerzeel consists of the townships of Humelgem, Steenokkerzeel and Wambeek. Perk consists of the townships Perk, Huinhoven and
Boekt. 't Dickt, Passiewijk and Zonnebos are the names of residential areas in Steenokkerzeel.
Education
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Sabena Flight Academy
CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Brussels - Sabena Flight Academy is an aviation training organisation created in 1953, and located in Steenokkerzeel (Belgium). The school is now part of CAE Global Academy. The training is performed in Brussels, in M ...
Notable inhabitants
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Aguila
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Places
*El Aguila, Valle del Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia
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* Chilean brigantine ''Águila'' (1796), the first ship of the Chilean Navy ...
(born 1937), artist, industrial designer, and founder of the “probability reality”
*
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
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, the last
Empress of Austria
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,
Queen of Hungary
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, and
Queen of Bohemia
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.
References
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Municipalities of Flemish Brabant
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