Auderghem

Auderghem
Auderghem
Name transcription(s)
 – French Auderghem
 – Dutch Oudergem

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Auderghem is located in Belgium
Auderghem
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°49′N 04°26′E / 50.817°N 4.433°E / 50.817; 4.433
Country Belgium
Region Brussels
Community Flemish Community
French Community
Arrondissement Brussels
Government
 – Mayor Didier Gosuin (FDF)
Area
 – Total 9.03 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
 – Total 30,811
 – Density 3,412.1/km2 (8,837.2/sq mi)
Postal codes 1160
Area codes 02
Website www.auderghem.be

Auderghem (former Dutch spelling, now used in French; pronounced [odəʁˈɡem]) or Oudergem (Dutch: [ˈɔudərʝɛm] ( listen)) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

The Chapel of Saint Anne

Located to the southeast of the capital, along the Woluwe valley and at the entrance to the Sonian Forest (Forêt de Soignes, Zoniënwoud), the municipality has an environmental advantage. Despite large roads slicing through and the increasing traffic, it has been able to preserve a relatively important part of its natural and historic legacy: the creeks, the Abbey of Rouge-Cloître or Rood Klooster (Red Cloister) and its art center, the Priory of Val Duchesse or Hertoginnedal (Duchess Dale), the Château of Trois Fontaines or Drie Fonteinen (Three Fountains), and the remarkable Chapel of Saint Anne.

Auderghem is adjacent to the municipalities of Etterbeek, Ixelles - Elsene, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, and Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde.

The municipality is governed by its 16th mayor, Didier Gosuin (FDF).

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History

The Priory of Val Duchesse

Three forest villages (Auderghem, Watermael, and Boitsfort-Bosvoorde), were one for centuries. In 1794, the soldiers of the French Revolution decided to separate these into three distinct municipalities. In 1811, Napoleon decided to reunite the three villages, by imperial decree, into a single administrative entity. But Auderghem was withdrawn from this union by royal act, leaving Watermael-Boitsfort or Watermaal-Bosvoorde on its own. Thus, Auderghem became an independent municipality in 1863, with only 1,600 inhabitants.

With the construction of the rail line linking Brussels and Tervuren as well as, in 1910, the construction of the Boulevard du Souverain or Vorstlaan, modernization came to the municipality and the population grew quickly.

In 1956, Paul Henri Spaak lead the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom at the Val Duchesse castle in Auderghem, which prepared the Treaties of Rome in 1957 and the foundation of the European Economic Community and Euratom in 1958.

Sights

The Castle of the Valley of the Duchess (Val Duchesse).

The Priory of Val Duchesse or Hertoginnedal, a gift of the king, is unfortunately rarely open to the public. In 1963, Belgium's cabinet ministers met here, planting the seeds of a federalization of the country though at conditions fiercely criticised especially in some extremist Flemish nationalist circles.

Similarly, the Chapel of Saint Anne, whose origins go back to the 12th century, is not open to the public. Decommissioned in 1843, it was sold several times. Its splendid sculptures from the Middle Ages and notable period furniture are still there to admire.

The municipality offers many green spaces.

See also

  • Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

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