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Woluwe-Saint-Lambert |
| Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French) Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch) |
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| Sovereign state | .svg){kind=small} Belgium |
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| Region |  Brussels-Capital Region |
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| Community |  French Community Flemish Community |
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| Arrondissement | Brussels | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Area | 7.22 km² | ||
| Population – Males – Females - Density |
47,952 (January 1, 2006) 45.31% 54.69% 6637 inhab./km² |
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| Unemployment rate | 11.6% (January 1, 2006) | ||
| Mean annual income | 13,234 €/pers. (2003) | ||
| Postal codes | 1200 | ||
| Area codes | 02 | ||
| Website | www.woluwe1200.be | ||
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch) or Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached houses, often compared with Uccle (Ukkel in Dutch), another affluent community around Brussels and the 7th or 16th arrondissement in Paris.
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The official Dutch name is Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, which reflects the original pronunciation ['wɔ.ly.wə]. The French spelling, however, sometimes is Woluwé-Saint-Lambert with an accent on the first "e". Though the first version (without an accent) is the official version, the second one fits more the French pronunciation: [wɔ.ly.we]. Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is also often written in French: Woluwe-St-Lambert or abbreviated WSL.
Woluwe hosts the the medical factulty of the Université catholique de Louvain which also is a university hospital Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. Various radio and television stations (e.g., RTL Group) and several shopping areas, notably the Avenue Georges Henrilaan and the Woluwe Shopping Centre. Some of the municipality's major roads are named after prominent 20th century Belgian statesmen, such as the prestigious Avenue de Broquevillelaan and Avenue Paul Hymanslaan. Line 1B of the Brussels Metro runs under these roads.
The Woluwe River goes through the town.
Several archaeological finds on the territory of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert show traces of human activity during the Bronze Age. The first historical mention of the village, however, dates from the 11th century, when some of the forested land near the Woluwe River was cleared for farming. A church was built and dedicated to Saint Lambert, the 7th-century bishop of Maastricht who was martyred in Liège. At the end of the 12th century, the rights to the parish of Saint Lambert were given to the canons of the chapter of St. Michael and Gudula in Brussels. Various charitable organizations and hospitals then started acquiring land in this area. Throughout the Middle Ages, Woluwe was part of the Duchy of Brabant, governed under the usual feudal arrangement of those times. Among the Dukes’ vassals were some powerful local lords and landowners. Some of Woluwe’s territory also belonged to the powerful abbeys of Forest (Vorst in Dutch) and ‘t Park in Leuven.
Up until recently, the village was mostly rural, focusing mainly on agriculture. Starting in the 16th century, affluent nobles and clergymen from Brussels built castles in Woluwe, some of which are still visible today. True urbanization, however, started only around 1900. Well-to-do neighbourhoods, which included some of the novel architectural styles of the Belle Epoque such as Art Nouveau then Art Deco, straddled the newly built Brand Whitlock Boulevard. Today, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is still mostly a residential area, attracting rich and poor inhabitants from neighbouring Brussels.
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