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Huldenberg
Municipality
Municipal hall
Municipal hall
Flag of Huldenberg
Flag
 Coat of arms of Huldenberg
Coat of arms
Huldenberg is located in Belgium
Huldenberg
Huldenberg
Location in Belgium
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement Leuven
Area
 • Total 39.64 km2 (15.31 sq mi)
Population
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Postal codes
3040
Area codes 016, 02
Website www.huldenberg.be

Huldenberg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦʏldə(m)bɛr(ə)x]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns and villages of Huldenberg proper, Loonbeek, Neerijse [nl], Ottenburg and Sint-Agatha-Rode. On January 1, 2011, Huldenberg had a total population of 9,464. The total area is 39.64 km² which gives a population density of 230 inhabitants per km².

It is the seat of the Belgian branch of the House of Limburg-Stirum.

It has a football club called VK Huldenberg, which was created from a fusion of the clubs FC Huldenberg and VK Rode.

Every Tuesday there is a market from 8h - 13h. This market is located at the Gemeenteplein, near town hall.

At the end of WW II, Mary Churchill, daughter of the British prime minister, was a member of a British all-women anti-aircraft battery 481 that was stationed at Huldenberg for three months. She was entertained by the then burgomaster of Huldenberg, Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and his wife Marie, née Princess of Croÿ. She noted that she found the local people very friendly and helpful and stated ("somewhat priggishly" she admitted) "...the flouting by all of and sundry of whatever regulations existed here, and the wide-spread use of the flourishing 'black market'. This had been regarded as almost a 'patriotic duty' during the occupation, but it was still going on now - apparently unrestrained."

Gallery

  • Kerkhuldenberg

    Church in Huldenberg

  • Huldenberg Peuthystraat B

    The Peuthystraat entering the center of Huldenberg

  • Huldenberg plataan en pomp

    Freedomtree (Vrijheidsboom) (platanus) and a monument from 1906

  • Huldenberg Rochus kapel

    St.-Rochuschapel built in 1727

  • Municipality house Huldenberg2

    Municipality house Huldenberg

  • Huldenberg aerial photo H

    Aerial view of Huldenberg

  • Huldenberg kasteel B

    Castle of Huldenberg, belonging to the counts of Limburg-Stirum

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