See also: Woluwe

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (in Dutch Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe ) is one of the 19 common bilingual of Belgium located in the Région of Brussels-Capital.

It counted 47.952 inhabitants at January 1st 2006 for a surface of 7,22 km ², giving him a density of 6.641 habitants/km ². It is located in the east of the agglomeration of Brussels. It is bordering on the common inhabitants of Brussels of Evere, of Etterbeek, Schaerbeek and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, as well as communes of Kraainem and Zaventem.

The south-east of Brussels, and particularly both Woluwe (the other being Woluwe-Saint-Pierre), articulated around the Montgomery public garden, became the district par excellence of the aristocracy and the upper middle class, which one has sometimes tendency to oppose to Uccle, more directed towards the high incomes. One often compares both Woluwe with the VII {{E}} or XVI {{E}} districts Paris iens; hotels of Master and real cossus are côtoient on the large prestigious arteries which delimit the district: avenue of Tervueren, avenue of Broqueville, boulevard Saint-Michel, inter alia. The commune is multiform with districts more " select" , but also more than 10% of social dwellings.

The two communes owe their name with the Woluwe, small river of which the valley the cross-piece. A long time with the abandonment, it is now cleansed and its accesses were arranged in walk, connecting various parks and their ponds, the park of Woluwe, the park of the sources, the Malou park, and skirts several vestiges of the old inheritance, the Moulin of Lindekemale, the old farm Hof-ter-Musschen (firm of the sparrows), or Slot , old wing of the castle of the counts de Hinnisdael builds at the beginning of the 16th century. Another branch of the walk follows the layout of an old way of railroad, of which bridges one replaced by footbridges cyclists and pedestrians. With Woluwe-Saint-Lambert are the Medical college and the Cliniques academics Saint-Luc of the catholic Université of Leuwen. To the university buildings came to be added several High schools of physical education, of kinesitherapy, medical biology and care male nurses. Approximately 10.000 students attend the site of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert.

In spring 2006 was inaugurated the ambitious cultural village and theater Wolubilis .

Cinema

• Lives the Duke! (1959), film of fiction (popular comedy good child), 35mm, 72 minutes, black and white, of Jean-Marc Landier, Michel Romanoff and Pierre Levie (scenario). Emile-Georges De Meyst is the artistic director. With Francis Blanche, Marie-Jose Nat, Charles Janssens and Victor Guyau. Entirely turned with Woluwe-Saint-Lambert with the inhabitants.

Twinnings

Internal bonds

• List of the streets of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
• Garden city of Kapelleveld
• Use of foreign workers (Belgium)
• medicinal Botanical garden of the UCL
• Windmill

External bonds

• Official site of the commune
• Clinical academics Saint-Luc
• UCL-Brussels