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Auderghem

*Auderghem* (French)
*Oudergem* (Dutch)
Auderghem Auderghem (French); Oudergem (Dutch)
Municipality
	Château Sainte-Anne
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Auderghem
	Auderghem Location in Belgium Auderghem municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region
	Coordinates: 50°49′00″N 04°25′34″E / 50.81667°N 4.42611°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community; French Community
Region	Brussels-Capital
Arrondissement	Brussels-Capital
Government
• Mayor	Sophie de Vos
• Governing party/ies	LB (DéFI), Ecolo-Groen
Area
• Total	8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	34,404
• Density	3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi)
Postal codes	1160
NIS code	21002
Area codes	02
Website	www.auderghem.be (in French); www.oudergem.be (in Dutch)

Auderghem (French, pronounced [odœʁɡɛm]; former Dutch spelling) or Oudergem (Dutch, pronounced [ˈʌudərɣɛm] ^ⓘ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-eastern part of the region, along the Woluwe valley and at the entrance to the Sonian Forest, it is bordered by Etterbeek, Ixelles, Watermael-Boitsfort, and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Tervuren and Overijse. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (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 Château 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, Napoleon 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 But Auderghem was withdrawn from this union by royal act, leaving Watermael-Boitsfort on its own.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 Brussels and Tervuren as well as, in 1910, the construction of the Boulevard du Souverain/Vorstlaan, 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 Treaties of Rome in 1957 and the foundation of the European Economic Community and Euratom in 1958.

Demographics

As of 2004^[update], the majority of Brussels' Japanese expatriate population lives in Auderghem.^[2]

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 Flemish nationalist 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 Middle Ages and notable period furniture are still there to admire.
The municipality also offers many green spaces.

Notable inhabitants

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

Education

Source:^[3]

Public secondary schools from the French Community of Belgium

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^[4]

References

Citations

^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel.
^ State 2004.
^ "Ecoles secondaires." Auderghem. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.
^ "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"

Bibliography

State, Paul F. (2004). Historical dictionary of Brussels. Historical dictionaries of cities of the world. Vol. 14. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5075-0.