Auderghem ( French, ; former Dutch spelling) or Oudergem ( Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the

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, Belgium. Located in the south-eastern part of the region, along the Woluwe valley and at the entrance to the

Sonian Forest The Sonian Forest or Sonian Wood (, ; , ) is a forest at the south-eastern edge of Brussels, Belgium. It is connected to the Bois de la Cambre, Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos, an urban public park which enters the city up to from the Pentag ...

, it is bordered by

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, and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, as well as the Flemish municipalities of

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and

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. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally

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(French–Dutch). Despite large roads slicing through and the increasing traffic, the municipality has an environmental advantage, and it has been able to preserve a relatively important part of its natural and historic legacy: the creeks, Rouge Cloître Abbey and its art centre, the Priory of Val-Duchesse, the

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of Three Fountains, the Château Saint-Anne, and St. Anne's Chapel.

History

Three forest villages (Auderghem, Watermael, and Boitsfort-Bosvoorde), were one for centuries. In 1794, the soldiers of the French Revolution decided to separate these into three distinct municipalities. In 1811,

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decided to reunite the three villages, by imperial decree, into a single administrative entity. But Auderghem was withdrawn from this union by royal act, leaving Watermael-Boitsfort on its own. Thus, Auderghem became an independent municipality in 1863, with only 1,600 inhabitants. With the construction of the rail line linking

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and

as well as, in 1910, the construction of the /, modernisation came to the municipality and the population grew quickly. In 1956, Paul Henri Spaak lead the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom at the Château of Val-Duchesse in Auderghem, which prepared the

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in 1957 and the foundation of the

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and Euratom in 1958.

Demographics

, the majority of Brussels' Japanese expatriate population lives in Auderghem.

Main sights

* The Priory of Val-Duchesse, a gift of the Belgian King, is rarely open to the public. In 1963, Belgium's cabinet ministers met there, planting the seeds of a federalisation of the country though at conditions fiercely criticised especially in some

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circles. * Similarly, St. Anne's Chapel, whose origins go back to the 12th century, is not open to the public. Decommissioned in 1843, it was sold several times. Its splendid sculptures from the

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and notable period furniture are still there to admire. * The municipality also offers many green spaces. File:Auderghem AB1e.jpg, Rouge Cloître Abbey File:Auderghem CH1.jpg, Château of Val-Duchesse File:Auderghem Ch1a.jpg, St. Anne's Chapel

Notable inhabitants

* Léon Huygens (1876–1918), painter * Odette De Wynter (1927–1998), first woman notary in Belgium

Education

Source:Ecoles secondaires
" Auderghem. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.

Public secondary schools

* Athénée royal d'Auderghem

Subsidised religious secondary schools

* Centre scolaire St-Adrien Val Duchesse * Institut St-Julien Parnasse * Ecole Sainte-Bernadette * Institut Dominique Pire

Subsidised non-religious secondary schools

* De l'autre côté de l'école

Private international schools

* The Japanese School of Brusselsブラッセル日本人学校 TOP:
The Japanese School of Brussels. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "Avenue des Meuniers 133, 1160 Auderghem, Brussels, Belgium"

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links

*
Official site of the Municipality of Auderghem (in French)

Official site of the Municipality of Oudergem (in Dutch)
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