Editing Tremelo (section)

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Tremelo
|picture          = Baal parochiekerk Sint-Anna 02.jpg
|picture-legend   = 
|map              = Tremelo Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Tremelo in Flemish Brabant
|arms             = Wapen van Tremelo.svg
|flag             = Tremelo vlag.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Leuven administrative Arrondissement|Leuven]]
|nis              = 24109
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Bert de Wit (CD&V)
|majority         = [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]], [[Groen (political party)|Groen]], [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]
|postal-codes     = 3120, 3128
|telephone-area   = 016, 015
|web              = [http://www.tremelo.be/ www.tremelo.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|59|N|04|42|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Tremelo''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈtreːməloː}}) is a [[Municipalities in Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Flemish Brabant]], in [[Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of [[Baal, Belgium|Baal]] and Tremelo proper. On January 1, 2006, Tremelo had a total population of 13,725. The total area is 21.57&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (5330 acres) which gives a [[population density]] of 636 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup> (1647 per sq. mi.).

Located in the ''arrondissement'' or administrative district of [[Leuven]], the official language is [[Dutch language|Dutch]].  Tremelo is most famous for having been the hometown of [[Father Damien]], [[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary|SS.CC.]] whom Pope [[Benedict XVI]] canonized on October 11, 2009, as Saint Damien of [[Molokai]]. Father Damien is locally known as Pater Damiaan, and was a legendary [[martyr of charity]] who had tended to the lepers in the [[Hawaiian Islands]].

[[Image:Belgie tremelo damiaan.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Birthplace of Father Damien]]