Londerzeel () 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 Londerzeel proper,
Malderen,
Steenhuffel (home of
Palm Breweries) and
Sint-Jozef. On 1 January 2006, Londerzeel had a total population of 17,435. The total area is 36.29 km
2 which gives a
population density
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of 480 inhabitants per km
2.
Their football team is
K. Londerzeel S.K.
Notable people
*
Gerard Walschap
Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (Londerzeel-St. Jozef, 9 July 1898 – Antwerp, 25 October 1989), was a Belgian writer.
Early life
He went to ''highschool'' at the ''Klein seminarie'' in Hoogstraten, and later in Asse. His Flemish aware ...
(b. Londerzeel-St. Jozef, 9 July 1898-Antwerp, 25 October 1989), writer.
*
Kris Van Assche
Kris Van Assche (born 12 May 1976) is a Belgian fashion designer. He was the creative director of Berluti (2018-2021), a luxury leather brand owned by LVMH, and artistic director for Dior Homme from 2007 to 2018.
Early life and education
Van Ass ...
, fashion designer.
Twin towns
Londerzeel has been
twinned with
Gladenbach
Gladenbach [] is a town in Hesse, Germany, in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district.
Geography
Location
The town of Gladenbach lies on the eastern edge of the Westerwald in the Hessian Highland (''Bergland''). This part of the Lahn-Dill Highlan ...
(Germany) since 2010.
References
External links
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Palm Available only in
Dutch
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
and
French
Municipalities of Flemish Brabant
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