Machelen

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Machelen is a municipality in the district of Halle- Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant (Flanders ) in Belgium. Mayor Jean -Pierre De Groef.

In the borough of Diegem the seat of EURid organization is.

Geography

The community is located about 9 km northeast of Brussels motorway ring R0 ( ring around Brussels). It has a population of 13,738 (as of 1 January 2012) and an area of 11.59 km ². The area of ​​Machelen is 6.1 km ², that of the corresponding part of community Diegem additional 5.5 km ².

History

Machelen 1179 was first mentioned in documents as Machala. Today's church was built in 1977 from the merger of the municipalities and Machelen Diegem.

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