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Wezembeek-Oppem
Summary
Wezembeek-Oppem ˈʋeːzɛmˌbeːk ˈɔpɛm is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, east of the centre of Brussels. The municipality only comprises the town of Wezembeek-Oppem proper. On January 1, 2016, Wezembeek-Oppem had a total population of 14,095. The total area is which gives a population density of .
Wezembeek-Oppem is home to a large community of international expatriates, in part because of the presence of the Internationale Deutsche Schule Brüssel (iDSB) in Wezembeek-Oppem itself, and the British School of Brussels in nearby Tervuren.
Francization of Brussels and Municipalities with language facilities
Wezembeek-Oppem is one of the six municipalities with language facilities in the Flemish Region surrounding the Brussels-Capital Region. Wezembeek-Oppem is the only one of these that does not border Brussels directly since a narrow strip of land belonging to the municipality of Kraainem lies in between.
When the last official language census was taken in 1947, just under 30% of the population in Wezembeek-Oppem had French as their mother tongue. In 1963, when the official language border was finalised in Belgium, the municipality was designed as officially Dutch-speaking, however with facilities for French-speakers. In 1993, when Belgium was turned into a federation, the municipality was included in the newly established Flemish Region.
The official language is Dutch (as everywhere in Flanders), but the facility status means citizens have the right to request official documents from the local administration in French, may get primary school education in French as well as certain other public services.
During the Nazi German occupation in the Second World War, Wezembeek was the home of an orphanage set up by the fr (AJB), a Judenrat-like authority forcibly organised by the German occupational force and collaborating with the Nazis. The orphanage was for Jewish children whose parents had been murdered in Nazi extermination camps.
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