Anderlecht is one of the 19 common bilingual of Belgium located in the Région of Brussels-Capital.
In 2007, it counts 100 000 inhabitants (Anderlechtois) for a surface of 17,7 km ². It is located in the south-west of the agglomeration of Brussels and bordering at the communes on Brussels-city, Dilbeek, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw and Saint-Gilles. It is famous mainly for its teams, of the Royal Sporting Club of Anderlecht, Football and Rugby (RSCA-Rugby) which is titrated Belgium.
History
The first traces of human occupation in the area of Anderlecht date from the age of the stone. But the first known appearance of the name of this village will appear only in 1047. At the time, four villages occupy in fact the territory of the current commune: Anderlecht, Cureghem, Aa and Neerpede.As of the 15th century, Anderlecht constitutes one of the important villages in the area of Brussels. A collegial gothic script, Saint-Pierre-and-Handlebar, are high above the Romance crypt. In 1521, humanistic the Erasme spends a few months there, placing in the house of the local canons.
November 13rd, 1791, Dumouriez beat the Austrians there.
The 19th century will have then to be waited so that the commune urbanizes progressively extension of the agglomeration of Brussels: along the roadway of Mons, a series of industrial and working districts join initially the center of Anderlecht by Cureghem, then extend beyond, with in particular the establishment, at the beginning of the XXe century, working city of the Wheel.
The districts of Anderlecht are: Neerpede, Aa, Cureghem, Peterbos, Vogelzang, Scheut, Good Air, Saint-Handlebar, Bizet, Scherdemael, the Wheel, Broeck, Biestebroeck, Aumale, Veeweyde, Moortebeek, Poxcat, the Small island and Hundred kilos.
After the second world war, it is thanks to football that the commune will become known in all Europe, the Royal Sporting Club of Anderlecht gaining 29 championships of Belgium and several continental cuts.
Cultural places
- Museum of China, museum which gathers many documents and objects that the congregation of Scheut brought back of their action to China, whose one Bouddha bronzes some dating from XVe century, and of very many portraits of missionaries. This museum is established in the current convent and recalls the aspects of the cultural life, artistic of old China.
- Museum of Brussels of the gueuze Installed in the last artisanal brewery of Brussels (creates in 1900) still in activity: the Cantillon brewery. Museum, mash tubs public and tasting.
- the béguinage and the House of Érasme transformed today into museum
Curiosities
Luizenmolen
Anderlecht has a windmill, Luizenmolen, located street of the butterflies. It is a modern reconstitution (1999) of a mill located at this place in the past.
See:
- http://come.to/luizenmolen
- http://lesphotosdumonde.exprimetoi.net/Europe-c2/Belgique-f2/Fete-du-moulin-Luizenmolen-17-06-2007-t202.htm
- http://luizenmolen.blogspot.com
Twinnings
- since 1976:
- , 30.000 inhabitants.
Pact of friendship
- since 2000:
Personalities of the commune
- Maurice Lent, poet who lived in Anderlecht.
- Erasme, philosopher, humanistic.
- Albert Huybrechts, musician who lived in Anderlecht.
- Ivan Paduart, jazzman, born in Anderlecht in 1967.
- Régine, singer born in Anderlecht in 1929, known for the song Large Zoa
- Philippe Thys born in the commune in 1890, first Belgian cyclist to have gained 3 times the Tour de France
- Joseph Bracops, former burgomaster of the commune.
- Guy of Anderlecht (+ 1012), known as " the poor one of Anderlecht" , saint celebrated the September 12th. He is patron saint of collegial Pierre Saints and Guidon of Anderlecht.
- Guy Vandevoorde, illustrator.
- Hippolyte De Kempeneer, born in Anderlecht in 1876 and died in 1944. Producer and realizer, it was one of the great figures of the first times of the Belgian Cinéma.
Internal bonds
- List of the streets of Anderlecht
- Use of foreign workers (Belgium)
- Garden city in Brussels in Anderlecht: cities of the Wheel, Good Air and of Moortebeek
- Slaughter-houses of Anderlecht
- Cureghem
External bond
- Official site of the commune of Anderlecht
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