Hoeilaart

Infobox Belgium Municipality
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community=BE-NL
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arrondissement=Halle-Vilvoorde
nis=23033
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mayor=Tim Vandenput (VLD)
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Hoeilaart is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The name Hoeilaart is of Gallic-Celtic origin, coming from "Ho-Lar," meaning a high clearing in the woods. Residents are called Hoeilanders or Doenders. The municipality only comprises the town of Hoeilaart proper. On January 1 2006 Hoeilaart had a total population of 10,074. The total area is 20.43 km² which gives a population density of 493 inhabitants per km². Hoeilaart also sometimes called "The Glass Village" because of the greenhouse grape cultivation that once took place.

The official language is Dutch (as everywhere in Flanders). Small local minorities consist of nationals from many European union -countries, USA and Canada, and from French-speakers who came from Wallonia or Brussels.

ightseeing

*Woodland Museum Jan van Ruusbroec
*Neo-Romanesque Church dating from 1870-1874
*Kasteel de Man
*"Serristenvillas" from the 1920s
*Smeyberghoeve
*The old millhouse of the Groenendaal Priory

Famous inhabitants

* Jan van Ruusbroec (1291-1381), one of the greatest mystics of the southern Netherlands.
* Armand Pien, weather forecaster on Flemish TV
* Marc Sleen, comics artist, author of Nero
* Jaak Pijpen
* Walter Baele
* Michael Klawans

External links

* [http://www.hoeilaart.be Official website ] - Only available in Dutch