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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Districts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Districts</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Districts-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Districts subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Historical_centre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_centre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Historical centre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_centre-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Historical population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Foreign population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> 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towns and sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_and_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AA" title="أندرلخت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أندرلخت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlext" title="Anderlext – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Anderlext" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82" title="Андерлехт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Андерлехт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%AA" title="آندرلشت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آندرلشت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%99%EB%90%98%EB%A5%BC%EB%A0%88%ED%81%AC%ED%8A%B8" title="앙되를레크트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앙되를레크트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%BF" title="Անդերլեխտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անդերլեխտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ანდერლეხტი – 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title="Anderlecht – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82" title="Андерлехт – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Андерлехт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Anderlecht" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82" title="Андерлехт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Андерлехт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a 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title="Anderlecht is located in Belgium"><img alt="Anderlecht is located in Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/250px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/375px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/500px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="988" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.192%;left:45.383%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Anderlecht"><img alt="Anderlecht" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/240px-Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/360px-Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/480px-Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="741" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Anderlecht&params=50_50_N_04_20_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">04°20′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.833°N 4.333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.833; 4.333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Community" title="Flemish Community">Flemish Community</a><br /><a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">French Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels-Capital</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Brussels-Capital" title="Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital">Brussels-Capital</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fabrice_Cumps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fabrice Cumps (page does not exist)">Fabrice Cumps</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(francophone_Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)">PS</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">PS</a> - <a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">sp.a</a> - <a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">cdH</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a> - <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17.91 km<sup>2</sup> (6.92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-017d0ad8ca737b861c3b99a8312cc7205ff8798d-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-017d0ad8ca737b861c3b99a8312cc7205ff8798d-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">120,887</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">6,700/km<sup>2</sup> (17,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">1070</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">21001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">02</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.anderlecht.be/fr">anderlecht.be/fr</a> <span class="languageicon">(in French)</span><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.anderlecht.be/nl">anderlecht.be/nl</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Dutch)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anderlecht</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ɑ̃dœʁlɛkt]</a></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Dutch:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈɑndərlɛxt]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/a\/a3\/Nl-Anderlecht.ogg\/Nl-Anderlecht.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Nl-Anderlecht.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/Nl-Anderlecht.ogg/Nl-Anderlecht.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Anderlecht.ogg" title="File:Nl-Anderlecht.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region" title="List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region">19 municipalities</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Brussels-Capital Region">Brussels-Capital Region</a>, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">City of Brussels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forest,_Belgium" title="Forest, Belgium">Forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molenbeek-Saint-Jean" title="Molenbeek-Saint-Jean">Molenbeek-Saint-Jean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saint-Gilles,_Belgium" title="Saint-Gilles, Belgium">Saint-Gilles</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flemish</a> municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Dilbeek" title="Dilbeek">Dilbeek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sint-Pieters-Leeuw" title="Sint-Pieters-Leeuw">Sint-Pieters-Leeuw</a>. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally <a href="/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">bilingual</a> (French–Dutch). </p><p>There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within Anderlecht. As of 1 January 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the municipality had a population of 122,547 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total area is 17.91 km<sup>2</sup> (6.92 sq mi), which gives a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 6,842/km<sup>2</sup> (17,720/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its upper area is greener and less densely populated. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins_and_medieval_times">Origins and medieval times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins and medieval times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first traces of human activity on the right bank of the <a href="/wiki/Zenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Zenne">Senne</a> date from the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>. The remnants of a <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> <a href="/wiki/Villa" title="Villa">villa</a> and of a <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> <a href="/wiki/Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a> were also found on the territory of Anderlecht.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19993_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first mention of the name <i>Anderlecht</i>, however, dates only from 1047 under the forms <i>Anrelech</i>, then <i>Andrelet</i> (1111), <i>Andreler</i> (1148), and <i>Anderlech</i> (1186). At that time, this community was already home to a <a href="/wiki/Chapter_(religion)" title="Chapter (religion)">chapter</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canon_(priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon (priest)">canons</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19994_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to two feudal <a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">manors</a>, those of the powerful <a href="/wiki/Lord" title="Lord">lords</a> of Aa and of Anderlecht.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19996–7_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19996–7-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Guido_Church_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Saint_Guido_Church_%287%29.jpg/220px-Saint_Guido_Church_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Saint_Guido_Church_%287%29.jpg/330px-Saint_Guido_Church_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Saint_Guido_Church_%287%29.jpg/440px-Saint_Guido_Church_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Guido" title="Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido">Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1356, the <a href="/wiki/Count_of_Flanders" title="Count of Flanders">Count of Flanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_II,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Louis II, Count of Flanders">Louis II</a>, fought against <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> on the territory of Anderlecht, in the so-called <i>Battle of Scheut</i>, supposedly over a monetary matter. Although he defeated his sister-in-law, the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Brabant" title="Duke of Brabant">Duchess of Brabant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joanna,_Duchess_of_Brabant" title="Joanna, Duchess of Brabant">Joanna</a>, and briefly took her title, she regained it the following year with the help of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles IV</a>. In 1393, Joanna's <a href="/wiki/Charter" title="Charter">charter</a> made Anderlecht a part of Brussels. It is also around this time that the <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Guido" title="Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido">church</a> of <a href="/wiki/Guy_of_Anderlecht" title="Guy of Anderlecht">Saint Guy</a> was rebuilt in <a href="/wiki/Brabantine_Gothic" title="Brabantine Gothic">Brabantine Gothic</a> style above an earlier <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="15th–18th_centuries"><span id="15th.E2.80.9318th_centuries"></span>15th–18th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 15th–18th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The village of Anderlecht became a beacon of culture in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1521, the Dutch <a href="/wiki/Humanism" title="Humanism">humanist</a> writer and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theologian</a> <a href="/wiki/Erasmus" title="Erasmus">Erasmus of Rotterdam</a> lived in the <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_House" title="Erasmus House">canons' house</a> for a few months. <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Aumale" title="Charles, Duke of Aumale">Charles, Duke of Aumale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Veneur_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Veneur of France">Grand Veneur of France</a> also had a residence there. </p><p>The 17th and 18th centuries were marked by the wars between the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> and France. During the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War" title="Nine Years' War">Nine Years' War</a>, it is from the high ground of <a href="/wiki/Scheut" title="Scheut">Scheut</a>, in the northern part of Anderlecht, that the <a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Brussels_(1695)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardment of Brussels (1695)">bombardment of Brussels</a> of 1695 took place. Together with the resulting fire, it was the most destructive event in the entire history of Brussels. On 13 November 1792, right after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jemappes" title="Battle of Jemappes">Battle of Jemappes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_Dumouriez" title="Charles François Dumouriez">General Dumouriez</a> and the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolutionary</a> army routed the <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austrians</a> there once again. Among the consequences were the disbanding of the canons and Anderlecht being proclaimed an independent municipality by the French. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KartuisScheut.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/KartuisScheut.png/220px-KartuisScheut.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/KartuisScheut.png/330px-KartuisScheut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/KartuisScheut.png/440px-KartuisScheut.png 2x" data-file-width="1011" data-file-height="780" /></a><figcaption>The Carthusian Monastery depicted in <i>Chorographia Sacra Brabantiae</i> (1727). On the horizon are Anderlecht and <a href="/wiki/Scheut" title="Scheut">Scheut</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>By the end of the 18th century, Anderlecht including its dependencies, which extended to <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Brussels" title="Fortifications of Brussels">Brussels' city walls</a>, counted around 2,000 inhabitants. In Scheut, on the site of the Carthusian Monastery, stood a chapel called Our Lady of Scheut, whose pleasant location, in the middle of a grove, made this place very popular at the time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century_and_later">19th century and later</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century and later"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 19th century saw a remarkable population growth, mainly because of the proximity to a rapidly expanding Brussels. The <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Chaussée de Ninove</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Ninoofsesteenweg</span></span> was laid out in 1828, through the former property of the Carthusians. The population multiplied by ten between 1830 and 1890 and doubled again between 1890 and 1910. Along the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Chaussée de Mons</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Bergensesteenweg</span></span> and the <a href="/wiki/Brussels%E2%80%93Charleroi_Canal" title="Brussels–Charleroi Canal">Brussels–Charleroi Canal</a>, a series of industrial and <a href="/wiki/Working-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Working-class">working-class</a> districts connected the centre of Anderlecht to Cureghem. </p><p>Remarkable new urban developments and <a href="/wiki/Garden_city_movement" title="Garden city movement">garden cities</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Het_Rad" class="mw-redirect" title="Het Rad">La Roue/Het Rad</a>, Moortebeek and <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Bon Air</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Goede Lucht</span></span> were built at the beginning of the 20th century to house the influx of newcomers. Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, some remaining green parts of the municipality also made way for large-scale <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> following the modernist <a href="/wiki/Athens_Charter" title="Athens Charter">Athens Charter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Park_system" title="Park system">Park system</a>, such as the housing projects Scherdemael, Peterbos and Marius Renard in the upper town, and Aurore near the canal. </p><p>Nowadays, the name <i>Anderlecht</i> rings a bell in every Belgian ear thanks to its very successful <a href="/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht" title="R.S.C. Anderlecht">football club</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/220px-Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/330px-Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/440px-Anderlecht_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="741" /></a><figcaption>Location of Anderlecht within Brussels</figcaption></figure> <p>Anderlecht is located in the north-central part of Belgium, about 110 kilometres (68 mi) from the Belgian coast and about 180 km (110 mi) from Belgium's southern tip. It is located in the heartland of the Brabantian Plateau, about 45 km (28 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> (<a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>), and 50 km (31 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Charleroi" title="Charleroi">Charleroi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>). It is the westernmost municipality in the <a href="/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Brussels-Capital Region">Brussels-Capital Region</a> and is an important crossing point for the <a href="/wiki/Brussels%E2%80%93Charleroi_Canal" title="Brussels–Charleroi Canal">Brussels–Charleroi Canal</a>, which cuts the municipality in two from the west. With an area of 17.91 km<sup>2</sup> (6.92 sq mi), it is also the third largest municipality in the region after the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">City of Brussels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uccle" title="Uccle">Uccle</a>. It is bordered by the City of Brussels, <a href="/wiki/Forest,_Belgium" title="Forest, Belgium">Forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molenbeek-Saint-Jean" title="Molenbeek-Saint-Jean">Molenbeek-Saint-Jean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saint-Gilles,_Belgium" title="Saint-Gilles, Belgium">Saint-Gilles</a>, as well as the Flemish municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Dilbeek" title="Dilbeek">Dilbeek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sint-Pieters-Leeuw" title="Sint-Pieters-Leeuw">Sint-Pieters-Leeuw</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anderlecht, in common with the rest of Brussels, experiences an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfb</i>) with warm summers and cool winters.<sup id="cite_ref-Brussels,+Brussels+Capital,+Belgium&units=|title=Brussels,_Belgium_Climate_Classification_Köppen_(Weatherbase)_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brussels,+Brussels+Capital,+Belgium&units=|title=Brussels,_Belgium_Climate_Classification_Köppen_(Weatherbase)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Proximity to coastal areas influences the area's climate by sending marine air masses from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. Nearby wetlands also ensure a maritime temperate climate. On average (based on measurements in the period 1981–2010), there are approximately 135 days of rain per year in the region. Snowfall is infrequent, averaging 24 days per year. It also often experiences violent thunderstorms in summer months. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Meteorological_Institute" title="Royal Meteorological Institute">Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium</a> (IRM/KMI) is located in <a href="/wiki/Uccle" title="Uccle">Uccle</a>, in the south of Brussels. The meteorological records which are carried out there are similar to those which could be carried out in Anderlecht. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Brussels-Capital Region (1981–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.2<br />(2.96) </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.6<br />(2.43) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.5<br />(2.74) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.0<br />(2.01) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(2.56) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(2.84) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.6<br />(2.90) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.8<br />(3.02) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.6<br />(2.74) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.0<br />(2.95) </td> <td style="background: #88FF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.0<br />(3.03) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.4<br />(3.20) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">848.0<br />(33.39) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.7 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">135.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #6A6A6A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #969696; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #B5B562; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">199 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">193 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">205 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">194 </td> <td style="background: #C3C313; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143 </td> <td style="background: #B4B468; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117 </td> <td style="background: #7A7A7A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #555555; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC38; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,583 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: KMI/IRM<sup id="cite_ref-weathermeteo_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weathermeteo-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderlecht_OSM.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Anderlecht_OSM.png/220px-Anderlecht_OSM.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Anderlecht_OSM.png/330px-Anderlecht_OSM.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Anderlecht_OSM.png/440px-Anderlecht_OSM.png 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="848" /></a><figcaption>Map of Anderlecht</figcaption></figure> <p>The territory of Anderlecht is very heterogeneous and is characterised by a mixture of larger districts including smaller residential and (formerly) industrial neighbourhoods. The area along the canal is currently experiencing a large revitalisation programme, as part of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Plan Canal</i></span> of the <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels-Capital Region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_centre">Historical centre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Historical centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderlecht,_Dapperheidsplein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Anderlecht%2C_Dapperheidsplein.jpg/220px-Anderlecht%2C_Dapperheidsplein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Anderlecht%2C_Dapperheidsplein.jpg/330px-Anderlecht%2C_Dapperheidsplein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Anderlecht%2C_Dapperheidsplein.jpg/440px-Anderlecht%2C_Dapperheidsplein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Place_de_la_Vaillance" title="Place de la Vaillance">Place de la Vaillance / Dapperheidsplein</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Guido" title="Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido">Church of St. Guido</a> in the background</figcaption></figure> <p>The historical centre of Anderlecht is the municipality's central district. Formerly known as <i>Rinck</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19997_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomasVanden_BrandenDe_Waha19997-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is divided into several sectors: </p> <ul><li>The <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Saint-Guidon</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Sint Guido</span></span> district, also called the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Vaillance</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Dapperheid</span></span> district, is the meeting point for those who hail to the heart of Anderlecht. It is also where the <a href="/wiki/Place_de_la_Vaillance" title="Place de la Vaillance">Place de la Vaillance/Dapperheidsplein</a> (Anderlecht's central square), the <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Guido" title="Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido">Church of St. Guido</a>, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place de Linde</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">De Lindeplein</span></span>, as well as Anderlecht's main schools are located. The <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Wayez</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Wayezstraat</span></span> is the municipality's main shopping street. It is centred on the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place of the Resistance</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Verzetsplein</span></span> and some neighbouring streets.</li> <li>The smaller Aumale district in its northern part mainly comprises the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue d'Aumale</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Aumalestraat</span></span> and its surrounding streets. It includes the <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_House" title="Erasmus House">Erasmus House</a> (a museum devoted to the Dutch <a href="/wiki/Humanism" title="Humanism">humanist</a> writer and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theologian</a> <a href="/wiki/Erasmus" title="Erasmus">Erasmus of Rotterdam</a>), the old <a href="/wiki/Beguinage" title="Beguinage">beguinage</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">late medieval</a> lay <a href="/wiki/Convent" title="Convent">convent</a>, now a museum dedicated to religious community life), as well as the <i>Bibliothèque de l'Espace Maurice Carême</i> French-language public library.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cureghem/Kuregem"><span id="Cureghem.2FKuregem"></span>Cureghem/Kuregem</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cureghem/Kuregem"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cureghem" title="Cureghem">Cureghem</a></div> <p>Located in the east of Anderlecht,<sup id="cite_ref-cureghem_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cureghem-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cureghem" title="Cureghem">Cureghem/Kuregem</a> is one of the municipality's largest and most populated districts. It developed during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Brussels%E2%80%93Charleroi_Canal" title="Brussels–Charleroi Canal">Brussels–Charleroi Canal</a> and is currently in a fragile social and economic situation due to the decline of its economy and the poor quality of some of its housing. Between 1836 and 1991, the district housed the <a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Veterinary_Medicine,_University_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège">Royal School of Veterinary Medicine</a>, now moved to <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> but often still referred to as <i>Cureghem</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-vet_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vet-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old campus, listed as <a href="/wiki/Heritage_registers_in_Belgium" title="Heritage registers in Belgium">protected heritage</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is currently undergoing a large rehabilitation process.<sup id="cite_ref-cureghem_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cureghem-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three listed buildings—the former Atlas Brewery,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the old power station, and the former Moulart Mill<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—are testaments to the old industrial activities next to the waterway. The <a href="/wiki/Anderlecht_Municipal_Hall" title="Anderlecht Municipal Hall">Municipal Hall of Anderlecht</a> is located on the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place du Conseil</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Raadsplein</span></span>, at the heart of this district.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cureghem_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cureghem-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its lower part, bordering the City of Brussels, are the <a href="/wiki/Square_de_l%27Aviation" title="Square de l'Aviation">Square de l'Aviation/Luchtvaartsquare</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Parc de la Rosée</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Dauwpark</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="La_Roue/Het_Rad"><span id="La_Roue.2FHet_Rad"></span>La Roue/Het Rad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: La Roue/Het Rad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/La_Roue,_Brussels" title="La Roue, Brussels">La Roue, Brussels</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg/220px-Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg/330px-Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg/440px-Paroisse_Saint-Joseph_de_La_Roue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Church of St. Joseph in <a href="/wiki/La_Roue,_Brussels" title="La Roue, Brussels">La Roue/Het Rad</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Located in the south of Anderlecht, <a href="/wiki/La_Roue,_Brussels" title="La Roue, Brussels">La Roue/Het Rad</a> ("The Wheel") is one of the municipality's largest districts and one of Brussels' main <a href="/wiki/Garden_city_movement" title="Garden city movement">garden cities</a>. Built in the 1920s, with its modest and picturesque houses, it offers a great vision of an early 20th-century <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working class</a> neighbourhood. It is also home to one of the largest agribusiness industry campuses in Belgium: the Food and Chemical Industries Education and Research Center (CERIA/COOVI),<sup id="cite_ref-CERIA_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CERIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as popular department stores. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scheut">Scheut</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Scheut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scheut" title="Scheut">Scheut</a></div> <p>Located in the north of Anderlecht, <a href="/wiki/Scheut" title="Scheut">Scheut</a> is bounded by the border with the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Molenbeek-Saint-Jean" title="Molenbeek-Saint-Jean">Molenbeek-Saint-Jean</a> to the north, the historical centre of Anderlecht to the south, the Birmingham district to the east, the Scheutveld district to the west and the semi-natural site of the Scheutbos to the north-west. </p><p>It is in this district, on the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Chaussée de Ninove</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Ninoofsesteenweg</span></span>, that lay the foundations of the Scheutveld College, on 28 April 1863, by the <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Catholic priest</a> <a href="/wiki/Theophile_Verbist" class="mw-redirect" title="Theophile Verbist">Theophile Verbist</a>. The <a href="/wiki/CICM_Missionaries" title="CICM Missionaries">congregation of Scheut Missionaries</a> went on to <a href="/wiki/Evangelism" title="Evangelism">evangelise</a> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Congo_Free_State" title="Congo Free State">Congo Free State</a>/<a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVerhelstPycke1995_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVerhelstPycke1995-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanysackerRenson199536–37_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanysackerRenson199536–37-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sights">Main sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Main sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anderlecht has a rich cultural and architectural heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the main points of interest include: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Anderlecht_Municipal_Hall" title="Anderlecht Municipal Hall">Municipal Hall of Anderlecht</a>, located on the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place du Conseil</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Raadsplein</span></span>, designed in <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Revival_architecture" title="Renaissance Revival architecture">neo-Flemish Renaissance</a> style by the architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jules_Jacques_Van_Ysendyck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck (page does not exist)">Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Jacques_Van_Ysendyck" class="extiw" title="fr:Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck">fr</a>]</span>, which was opened in 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-patrimoine_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patrimoine-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Guido" title="Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido">Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido</a>, located in the municipality's historical centre, on the northern side of the <a href="/wiki/Place_de_la_Vaillance" title="Place de la Vaillance">Place de la Vaillance/Dapperheidsplein</a>, its main square. Its <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a> dates from the 10th century and is one of the oldest in Belgium. It contains a very old tombstone considered to be the grave of the 11th-century <a href="/wiki/Guy_of_Anderlecht" title="Guy of Anderlecht">Saint Guy</a>. Most of the church, however, dates from around 1350 and later, with most of the currently visible architecture representing the <a href="/wiki/Ogee" title="Ogee">Ogee</a> style (15th–16th centuries). Construction of the tower started in 1517 but ceased with the square part up to the balcony, and was not completed until 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-DeSeyn_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeSeyn-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_House" title="Erasmus House">Erasmus House</a>, built between 1460 and 1515, with its <a href="/wiki/Medicinal_plants" title="Medicinal plants">medicinal</a> and philosophical gardens, which can be visited nearby. Right next to the church, the old <a href="/wiki/Beguinage" title="Beguinage">beguinage</a> is home to a local history museum. Both institutions are now managed jointly as the Erasmus House and Beguinage Museums.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Synagogue_of_Anderlecht" title="Synagogue of Anderlecht">Synagogue of Anderlecht</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a> designed in <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> style by the architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_de_Lange&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph de Lange (page does not exist)">Joseph de Lange</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Lange" class="extiw" title="nl:Joseph de Lange">nl</a>]</span> and completed in 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The National Memorial to the Jewish Martyrs of Belgium, a monument commemorating the 24,600 <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belgium" title="History of the Jews in Belgium">Belgian Jewish</a> martyrs of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, designed by the architects André Godart and Odon Dupire, and completed in 1970. It is located in the centre of the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Square des Martyrs Juifs</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Joodse-Martelarensquare</span></span>, which was created for the occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Resistance" title="National Museum of the Resistance">National Museum of the Resistance</a>, which traces the history of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Resistance" title="Belgian Resistance">Belgian Resistance</a> and <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Belgium_during_World_War_II" title="German occupation of Belgium during World War II">German occupation of Belgium during World War II</a>.</li> <li>The Museum of China – Scheut, which houses documents and pieces brought back to Europe by the <a href="/wiki/CICM_Missionaries" title="CICM Missionaries">congregation of Scheut Missionaries</a>, including a 15th-century bronze <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Car%C3%AAme" title="Maurice Carême">Maurice Carême</a> Museum, in the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Maison blanche</i></span> where the Belgian poet lived and wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Luizenmolen</i> in Neerpede, a replica of an old <a href="/wiki/Windmill" title="Windmill">windmill</a> which once stood on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Cureghem Cellars</i> (French: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Caves de Cureghem</i></span>, Dutch: <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kelders van Kuregem</i></span>), a subterranean complex of handmade brick caves with <a href="/wiki/Vault_(architecture)" title="Vault (architecture)">vaults</a>, pillars, and arches, originally the site of a cattle market covered by a <a href="/wiki/Wrought_iron" title="Wrought iron">forged iron</a> roof in the 1890s.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cellars were simply a foundation for the upper structure until the 1930s, when the city council decided to make better use of them. It proved more profitable to grow mushrooms in the dark and damp underground spaces for local consumption. It fell into disuse as a cattle market but, in 1984, the hall was officially listed as a Belgian monument. Due to its characteristic architecture and unique layout, it was refurbished and transformed by a private company, Abattoir SA. Since 1992, it has served as an event site. One of these was the <a href="/wiki/Anatomy" title="Anatomy">anatomic</a> exposition <i><a href="/wiki/Body_Worlds" title="Body Worlds">Body Worlds</a></i> (German: <i lang="de">Körperwelten</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Gunther_Von_Hagens" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunther Von Hagens">Gunther Von Hagens</a>, which ran in the cellars between 2008 and 2009 and attracted over 500,000 visitors.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cantillon_Brewery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantillon Brewery">Cantillon Brewery</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Gueuze" title="Gueuze">gueuze</a> museum established in an actual working brewery.</li> <li>The Museum of Medicine, located on the <i>Erasme</i>/<i>Erasmus</i> campus of the <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_libre_de_Bruxelles" title="Université libre de Bruxelles">Université libre de Bruxelles</a> (ULB).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme" title="Jean-Claude Van Damme">Jean-Claude Van Damme</a> statue located on the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Boulevard Sylvain Dupuis</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Sylvain Dupuislaan</span></span>, near the Westland Shopping Center.</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Erasmus House"><img alt="Erasmus House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg/360px-Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg/540px-Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg/720px-Maison_d%27%C3%89rasme.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Erasmus_House" title="Erasmus House">Erasmus House</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Beguinage of Anderlecht"><img alt="Beguinage of Anderlecht" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg/360px-AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg/540px-AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg/720px-AnderlechtBegijnhof.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Beguinage" title="Beguinage">Beguinage</a> of Anderlecht</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 236.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 234.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Moortebeek garden city"><img alt="Moortebeek garden city" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG/352px-Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG" decoding="async" width="235" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG/528px-Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG/704px-Cit%C3%A9_de_Moortebeek_04.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2374" data-file-height="1822" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Moortebeek <a href="/wiki/Garden_city_movement" title="Garden city movement">garden city</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderlecht2019_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rue Porselein / Porseleinstraat"><img alt="Rue Porselein / Porseleinstraat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Anderlecht2019_21.jpg/180px-Anderlecht2019_21.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Anderlecht2019_21.jpg/270px-Anderlecht2019_21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Anderlecht2019_21.jpg/360px-Anderlecht2019_21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Porselein</span></span> / <span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Porseleinstraat</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 208px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 206px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Justice de Paix of Anderlecht"><img alt="Justice de Paix of Anderlecht" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG/309px-Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="206" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG/464px-Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG/619px-Anderlecht_Justice_de_Paix_2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1705" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Justice de Paix</i></span> of Anderlecht</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_population">Historical population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Historical population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, the population of Anderlecht was quite low. The municipality counted around 2,000 inhabitants at the beginning of the 19th century. However, following the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, the population underwent a remarkable growth, peaking at 103,796 in 1970. From then, it began to decrease slightly to a low of 87,812 in 2000, before increasing again rapidly in recent years. </p><p>As of 1 January 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the population was 120,887.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is 17.91 km<sup>2</sup> (6.92 sq mi), making the density 6,749/km<sup>2</sup> (17,480/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_2nnvehvnao3l5fdky3vetz5v3apw4s1"></map><img usemap="#timeline_2nnvehvnao3l5fdky3vetz5v3apw4s1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/2nnvehvnao3l5fdky3vetz5v3apw4s1.png" /></div> <ul><li><small>Sources: INS: 1806 to 1981= census; 1990 and later = population on 1 January</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_population">Foreign population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Foreign population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Migrant communities in Anderlecht with over 1,000 people as of 1 January 2020:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>7,405 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></td> <td>4,924 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td> <td>2,985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></td> <td>2,743 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>2,727 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></td> <td>2,628 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>2,549 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></td> <td>1,717 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Group of origin </th> <th colspan="2">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2023<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Belgians with Belgian background </th> <td><b>22,685</b> </td> <th>18.14% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Belgians with foreign background </th> <td><b>59,274</b> </td> <th>47.39% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neighbouring country </td> <td>2,231 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>EU27 (excluding neighbouring country) </td> <td>5,661 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outside EU 27 </td> <td>51,382 </td> <td>41.08% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Non-Belgians </th> <td><b>43,106</b> </td> <th>34.47% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neighbouring country </td> <td>3,371 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>EU27 (excluding neighbouring country) </td> <td>18,387 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outside EU 27 </td> <td>21,348 </td> <td>17.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <td><b>125,065</b> </td> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current city council was elected in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Belgian_local_elections" title="2018 Belgian local elections">October 2018 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current mayor of Anderlecht is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fabrice_Cumps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fabrice Cumps (page does not exist)">Fabrice Cumps</a>, a member of <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">PS</a>, who alongside the other parties on their list, <a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">sp.a</a> and <a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">cdH</a>, is in coalition on the municipal council with <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">Forward</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Anderlecht local election – 14 October 2018 </caption> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="white" colspan="11"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderlecht2018.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Anderlecht2018.svg/360px-Anderlecht2018.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Anderlecht2018.svg/540px-Anderlecht2018.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Anderlecht2018.svg/720px-Anderlecht2018.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"> <th data-sort-type="number">Votes </th> <th data-sort-type="number">% </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> (pp) </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Elected<br />2018 </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Change in number of seats from the 2012 election to the 2018 election">Change</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Belgium)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">PS</a> - <a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">sp.a</a> - <a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">cdH</a> </td> <td>14,023 </td> <td>29.73 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7.04 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">16 / 47 (34%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FF0000; width: 34%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="Reformist Movement"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">MR</a> - <a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Vld</a> - IC </td> <td>10,628 </td> <td>22.53 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3.61 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 47 (26%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0047AB; width: 26%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5aad39;" data-sort-value="Ecolo"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a> </td> <td>7,320 </td> <td>15.52 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.17 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 47 (17%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #8CC644; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8B0000;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Belgium"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">PVDA-PTB</a> </td> <td>6,891 </td> <td>14.61 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>12.92 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 47 (15%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 15%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DD0081;" data-sort-value="DéFI"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a> </td> <td>3,581 </td> <td>7.59 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.26 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 47 (6%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DD0081; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F9CE19;" data-sort-value="New Flemish Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">N-VA</a> </td> <td>1,950 </td> <td>4.13 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.94 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 47 (2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F9CE19; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFE500;" data-sort-value="Vlaams Belang"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a> </td> <td>1,006 </td> <td>2.13 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.53 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 47 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFE500; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6200;" data-sort-value="Christian Democratic and Flemish"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">CD&V</a> Plus </td> <td>716 </td> <td>1.52 </td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 47 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFE500; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Others </td> <td>1,059 </td> <td>2.25 </td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 47 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #000000; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The annual Anderlecht fair, originally a cattle fair, was authorised by <a href="/wiki/William_II_of_the_Netherlands" title="William II of the Netherlands">William II of the Netherlands</a> in 1825. Since then, it has taken the form of a series of celebrations, which still include animal shows but also a large market, a floral show, and the recreation of a religious <a href="/wiki/Procession" title="Procession">procession</a> in honour of <a href="/wiki/Guy_of_Anderlecht" title="Guy of Anderlecht">Saint Guy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG/220px-Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG/330px-Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG/440px-Abattoirs_de_Cureghem.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2528" data-file-height="1591" /></a><figcaption>Entrance and great hall of the Abattoirs of Anderlecht (main <a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse" title="Slaughterhouse">slaughterhouse</a> in Brussels)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abattoirs_of_Anderlecht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abattoirs of Anderlecht (page does not exist)">Abattoirs of Anderlecht</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abattoirs_d%27Anderlecht" class="extiw" title="fr:Abattoirs d'Anderlecht">fr</a>]</span>, located at 24, <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">rue Ropsy Chaudron</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Ropsy Chaudronstraat</span></span> in Cureghem, is the main <a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse" title="Slaughterhouse">slaughterhouse</a> in Brussels, employing some 1,500 people. In addition to its main activities, the great hall serves as a covered market for food and <a href="/wiki/Flea_market" title="Flea market">flea markets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years, several major international companies have set up their headquarters in Anderlecht, notably the <a href="/wiki/Delhaize_Group" title="Delhaize Group">Delhaize Group</a>, which operates many supermarket chains, from 40, Marie Curie Square,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> Benelux at 1424, <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Chaussée de Mons</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Bergensesteenweg</span></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the Belgian chocolate company <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_(chocolate_maker)" title="Leonidas (chocolate maker)">Leonidas</a> at 41, <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Boulevard Jules Graindor</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Jules Graindorlaan</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several hospitals and clinics are located in Anderlecht: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Hospital" title="Erasmus Hospital">Erasmus Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institut_Jules_Bordet" title="Institut Jules Bordet">Jules Bordet Institute</a></li> <li>Joseph Bracops Hospital<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St. Anne St. Remigius Clinic<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion,_Anderlecht.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion%2C_Anderlecht.jpg/220px-Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion%2C_Anderlecht.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion%2C_Anderlecht.jpg/330px-Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion%2C_Anderlecht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion%2C_Anderlecht.jpg/440px-Constant_Vanden_Stockstadion%2C_Anderlecht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht" title="R.S.C. Anderlecht">R.S.C. Anderlecht</a> fans at the <a href="/wiki/Constant_Vanden_Stock_Stadium" title="Constant Vanden Stock Stadium">Constant Vanden Stock Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anderlecht is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club <a href="/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht" title="R.S.C. Anderlecht">RSC Anderlecht</a>, the most successful Belgian football team in European competition as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian First Division">Belgian First Division</a> with 34 titles.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club's home stadium is the <a href="/wiki/Constant_Vanden_Stock_Stadium" title="Constant Vanden Stock Stadium">Constant Vanden Stock Stadium</a>, located within <a href="/wiki/Astrid_Park" title="Astrid Park">Astrid Park</a>. The team colours are white and purple. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_green_spaces">Parks and green spaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Parks and green spaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_parks_and_gardens_in_Brussels" title="List of parks and gardens in Brussels">List of parks and gardens in Brussels</a></div> <p>Green spaces in the municipality include:<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astrid_Park" title="Astrid Park">Astrid Park</a></li> <li><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Parc Forestier</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Bospark</span></span>, in Scheut</li> <li>Scherdemael Park</li> <li>Peterbos Park</li> <li>Joseph Lemaire Park</li> <li>Jean Vives Park</li> <li><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Parc des Étangs</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Vijverspark</span></span>, in Neerpede</li> <li><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Parc de la Rosée</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Dauwpark</span></span>, in Cureghem</li> <li>The Vogelzang or Vogelenzang, a natural protected area</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_inhabitants">Famous inhabitants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Famous inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg/225px-Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg/300px-Portrait_of_Erasmus_of_Rotterdam_by_Hans_Holbein_d._J._in_Kunstmuseum_Basel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="2447" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Erasmus" title="Erasmus">Erasmus</a> painted by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" title="Hans Holbein the Younger">Hans Holbein the Younger</a> (1523)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guy_of_Anderlecht" title="Guy of Anderlecht">Saint Guy</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 950–1012), known as the <i>Poor Man of Anderlecht</i>, <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of Anderlecht<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_VI" title="Pope Adrian VI">Adrian VI</a> (1459–1523), pope, theologian, rector at the <a href="/wiki/Katholieke_Universiteit_Leuven" class="mw-redirect" title="Katholieke Universiteit Leuven">University of Leuven</a>, canon at the Chapter of Anderlecht, lived there.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Bracops&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Bracops (page does not exist)">Joseph Bracops</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bracops" class="extiw" title="fr:Joseph Bracops">fr</a>]</span> (1900–1966), politician and mayor of Anderlecht</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Brel" title="Jacques Brel">Jacques Brel</a> (1929–1978), singer-songwriter and actor. He lived from 1942 to 1951 at 7, <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">rue Jacques Manne</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Jacques Mannestraat</span></span>, and worked from 1946 to 1953 in the family cardboard box factory Vanneste & Brel (now SCA Packaging) at 18, <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">rue Verheyden</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Verheydenstraat</span></span>. A nearby <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Brel_metro_station" title="Jacques Brel metro station">metro station</a> is named after him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Car%C3%AAme" title="Maurice Carême">Maurice Carême</a> (1899–1978), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernand_Dineur" title="Fernand Dineur">Fernand Dineur</a> (1904–1956), cartoonist</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beno%C3%AEt_Drousie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benoît Drousie (page does not exist)">Benoît Drousie</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidrou" class="extiw" title="fr:Zidrou">fr</a>]</span>, also known as Zidrou (born 1962), <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiderius_Erasmus" class="mw-redirect" title="Desiderius Erasmus">Desiderius Erasmus</a> (1466–1536), <a href="/wiki/Humanism" title="Humanism">humanist</a> and theologian</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean_Hayet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean Hayet (page does not exist)">Jean Hayet</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hayet" class="extiw" title="fr:Jean Hayet">fr</a>]</span> (1939–2006), actor, stage manager and professor of the <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Royal_des_Galeries" class="mw-redirect" title="Théâtre Royal des Galeries">Théâtre royal des Galeries</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9_Jacqmain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="André Jacqmain (page does not exist)">André Jacqmain</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Jacqmain" class="extiw" title="fr:André Jacqmain">fr</a>]</span> (1921–2014), architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Keteleer" title="Désiré Keteleer">Désiré Keteleer</a> (1920–1970), <a href="/wiki/Cycle_sport" title="Cycle sport">cyclist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filip_Peeters" title="Filip Peeters">Filip Peeters</a> (born 1962), Flemish actor</li> <li>Germaine Schneider (1903–1945), Belgian-Swiss member of the <a href="/wiki/Resistance_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance during World War II">Resistance during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Seroka" title="Henri Seroka">Henri Seroka</a> (born 1949), singer and composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Simonet" title="Henri Simonet">Henri Simonet</a> (1931–1996), politician and mayor of Anderlecht</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Simonet" title="Jacques Simonet">Jacques Simonet</a> (1963–2007), politician, mayor of Anderlecht, and <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region">Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marcel_Spittael&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcel Spittael (page does not exist)">Marcel Spittael</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Spittael" class="extiw" title="fr:Marcel Spittael">fr</a>]</span> (1899–1981), architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Thys_(cyclist)" title="Philippe Thys (cyclist)">Philippe Thys</a> (1889–1971), cyclist and three-time champion of the <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonia_(singer)" title="Tonia (singer)">Tonia</a> (Arlette Antoine Dominicus) (born 1947), singer, represented Belgium at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1966" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1966">11th Eurovision Song Contest</a> in 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Thielemans" title="Toots Thielemans">Toots Thielemans</a> (1922–2016), <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> musician, lived there.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Vance" title="William Vance">William Vance</a> (1935–2018), comic book artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constant_Vanden_Stock" title="Constant Vanden Stock">Constant Vanden Stock</a> (1914–2008), entrepreneur, footballer, functionary, and coach of the <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium national team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgile_Vandeput" title="Virgile Vandeput">Virgile Vandeput</a> (born 1994), Belgian-born alpine skier who competes for Israel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9gine_Zylberberg" title="Régine Zylberberg">Régine Zylberberg</a>, better known as Régine (1929–2022), chanson singer, actress, clothing designer and nightclub entrepreneur</li></ul> </div> <p><b>Born in Anderlecht:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth,_Duchess_of_Brabant" title="Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant">Princess Elisabeth</a> (born 2001), <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Brabant" title="Duke of Brabant">Duchess of Brabant</a>, the eldest child of <a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">King Philippe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mathilde_of_Belgium" title="Queen Mathilde of Belgium">Queen Mathilde</a>; heiress</li> <li>Princes <a href="/wiki/Prince_Gabriel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Gabriel of Belgium">Gabriel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Emmanuel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Emmanuel of Belgium">Emmanuel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princess_El%C3%A9onore_of_Belgium" title="Princess Eléonore of Belgium">Princess Eléonore</a>; 2nd, 3rd and 4th in line to the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium" title="Monarchy of Belgium">throne of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yannick_Mertens" title="Yannick Mertens">Yannick Mertens</a> (born 1987), professional tennis player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Belgium" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium">List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_and_sister_cities">Twin towns and sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anderlecht&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Twin towns and sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anderlecht is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Boulogne-Billancourt" title="Boulogne-Billancourt">Boulogne-Billancourt</a>, France</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Berlin-<a href="/wiki/Neuk%C3%B6lln" title="Neukölln">Neukölln</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hammersmith_and_Fulham" title="London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham">London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zaandam" title="Zaandam">Zaandam</a>, Netherlands</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marino,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Marino, Italy">Marino</a>, Italy</li></ul> <p>In addition, Anderlecht has signed a friendship agreement with:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" 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