Beersel
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Beersel ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, Template:Convert south-west of the centre of Brussels. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2023, Beersel had a total population of 26.473.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The total area is Template:Convert, which gives a population density of Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Beersel is perhaps best known for Beersel Castle, built between 1300 and 1310 by Jean II, Duke of Brabant, as a defense for Brussels. Guillaume Dufay, a notable 15th-century Franco-Flemish composer, was likely born in Beersel.Template:Sfn In terms of gastronomy, Beersel is known for its boterham met plattekaas en radijzen (sandwich with white cheese and radishes), usually served with a geuze beer, and for its mandjeskaas (literally 'basket cheese'), which is a white cheese stored in little baskets. Beersel also has two traditional, authentic geuze breweries, Oud Beersel and 3 Fonteinen.
Notable residentsEdit
- Eugène Prévinaire (1805–1877, Huizingen), second governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1870 until 1877
- Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967), writer
- Stéphane Demol (1966–2023), assistant manager of the Belgium national football team
- Morten Olsen (born 1949), former football player and manager of the Denmark national football team
- Karel Van Miert (1942–2009), former European Commissioner
- Guillaume Dufay (1397?–1474), Burgundian composerTemplate:Sfn
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- Official website - Only available in Dutch
- Gazetteer Entry
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