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Battle o Fawkirk

**The Battle o Fawkirk** wis ane o the major stramashes o the First Scots Weir o Unthirldom, an wis a veectory for the Kinrick o Ingland. The Battle wis focht on the 22t o Julie 1298 in Fawkirk, in the middlins lawlands o Scotland atween the airmies o the Kinrick o Scotland- wha were led bi William Wallace an the Kinrick o Ingland wha were led bi Edward I o Ingland.

## The battle
The Scots airmy wis 6,000 strang an wis makkit up o 5,000 fitmen an 1,000 horse, monie of the Scots fitmen haed lang spears cawed schiltrons that were uised tae fend aff the Inglis horse. The Inglis airmy wis makkit up o 12,500 fitmen an 2,500 horse, an inouth the Inglis airmy were monie airchers - maist o wham were Welsh, forby the airmy haed lairge nummers o hivy horse that were rid bi sodgers wi lang lances.

The battle wis focht on boggie grund sae that the Inglis horse couldnae chairge directly at the Scots fitmen. Houaniver the Welsh airchers shuitit hails o flanes that badly daimiget the Scots fitmen, an than the Inglis fitmen and horse attackit frae the sides o the battlefield aroond the boggie aurie. Than the twa airmies focht a bluidy battle, wi the Inglis takkin veectory. Ance the battle haed feenisht, baith airmies haed losses o aboot 2,000 men. William Wallace an 4,000 ither Scots were able tae evite frae the battlefield but the defeat resultit in Wallace dimitit as Gairdian o Scotland.

## References
Darnah Destrict

**Darnah** ( *Darna*) is ane o the destricts o Libie.  It is in the northeast o the kintra, in the historical region o Cyrenaica.  Its caipital is Darnah.  In 2007 the destrict wis enlairged tae include wha haed been the Al Qubah Destrict.

In the north, Darnah haes a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea.  
On land, it borders the follaein destricts:
*Al Butnan tae the east
*Al Jabal al Akhdar tae the wast
*Al Wahat tae the sooth

## History
Frae 1998 tae 2007, Darnah Destrict wis smawer, includin an aurie o 4,908&nbsp;km2 (see map), an bordered the follaein destricts:
*Al Qubah - wast an sooth
*Al Butnan - sootheast


## References
Malem, Ghent

**Malem** is a gairden-city neeburheid in the city o Ghent, Belgium. The neeburheid wis biggit atween 1948 an 1953 in a vera homogeneous gairden-city idea, wi uniform white hooses, that wur designed tae hoose victims o Warld War II. The neeburheid haes kept its oreeginal character. The area is locatit on the wast side o the Ghent agglomeration.
Storm (Norse baund)

**Storm** wis a Norse fowk black metal baund that oreeginally includit Fenriz o Darkthrone an Satyr o Satyricon. Later on, Kari Rueslåtten, umwhile o the baund The 3rd and the Mortal, an aa joined them on vocals. The project ae released ane album, titled *[[Nordavind]]*.

## Memmers
* Fenriz (Gylve Nagell) – Drums, vocals
* Kari Rueslåtten – Vocals
* Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) – Guitars, bass, synthesizer, vocals

## Discography
* *Nordavind* (1995) (Moonfog Productions)

## Soorces
Nardaran

**Nardaran** is a dounset an municipality on the Abşeron Peninsulae in Baku, Azerbaijan. It haes a population o 8,300.

Locatit 25 kilometers northeast o central Baku, it is poleetically pairt o the Baku ceety-subdiveesion an treatit as a suburb.  Unlik the rest o the kintra which is staunchly secular an which is considered releegiously progressive, Nardaran is a lone centre o conservative Shia Islam in Azerbaijan.

Nardaran's name come frae Persie: Nar (Pomegranate)نار +Daran (trees) داران"Place wi Pomegranate trees".

The toun is the steid o an early-14t century castle, featurin a roond touer approximately 12.5 meters heich.  Durin Soviet rule, the ceety wis kent as a centre growin flouers.  Syne Azerbaijan's unthirldom, the economy haes dwindled an the toun is reputit for its caviar poachers.

Nardaran is the anerlie place in the whole o Azerbaijan whaur its indwallers are devoutly releegious an conservative, whaur its streets display releegious banners an whaur maist weemen wear chadors in public. The toun is hame tae a madrassah as well as the Rehime Khanim Mosque, a lairge Shia mosque biggit in the late 1990s ower the tomb o Rahima Khanim, the sister o Imam Reza. The nou banned Islamic Pairty o Azerbaijan wis foondit in this toun an its base wis centred thare. Nardaran haes been the steid o strang protests an unrest, notable riots in Juin 2002 ower wha protesters deemed inadequate livin staundarts an anither in Januar 2006 which resultit in the daiths o three fowk. Ironically Nardaran is possibly ane the poorest places in Azerbaijan, while it is sae close tae the richest place in Azerbaijan, Baku.

## See an aa
*1842 Baku earthquake

## References

*
Jeongeup

**Jeongeup** (*Jeongeup-si*) is a ceety in the province o Jeollabuk-do, Republic o Korea. The ceety limits include Naejang-san Naitional Pairk, a popular destination pairticularly in hairst due tae its foliage.  Jeongeup is on the Honam Expressway an Honam Line, wi the Seohaean Expressway an aw athin easy reak, providin links tae Seoul an Mokpo.

Image:Jeongeup Station - 2009-02-04.JPG|Jeongeup Station
Image:Street in central Jeongeup - 2009-02-04.JPG|Street in central Jeongeup


## Demographics
Jeongeup's population is in decline, wi an average o 56 fowk flittin tae the ceety ivery day but 91 leavin, wi the birth an daith rates bein equal.  The divorce rate currently rins at 50%.

## Geography
The main hills in Jeongeup is Naejang-san Naitional Pairk an Ibamsan, though there are an aa several smawer hills in the ceety.  It is the east o the ceety which is mair muntainous, the wast being a plain aroond the Dongjin River.  There are several streams in Jeongeup, maist notably the Jeongeupcheon, a tributary o the Dongjin.  This is unnergaun a makower bi the ceety cooncil, scheduled for completion in December 2009.

Image:Looking downstream along the Jeongeupcheon from Chosangyo - 2009-02-04.JPG|Leukin doun the burn alang the Jeongeupcheon frae Chosangyo


### Climate

## Tradition
Jeongeup, like mony ceeties in Korea, haed a *hyanggyo*, or Confucian schuil, whaur fowk wis trained in Confucian ways.  This biggin is a tourist attraction thir days, but is lockit.

Jeongeup is kent for a traditional sang frae the Baekje Kinrick era, kent as Jeongeup-ga.  The sang tells the tale o the lamentin hert o a wumman waitin for her peddler husband’s return.

Image:Jeongeup Hyanggyo - 2009-02-04.JPG|Hyanggyo
Image:Jeongeup Chungryeolsa - 2009-02-04.JPG|Chungryeolsa
Image:Jeongeup Chungryeolsa Statue - 2009-02-04.JPG|Statue guardin Chungryeolsa


## Festivals
A maple festival aroond Naejang-san is held annually.  The maple leafs here is widely regarded as some o the maist beautifu in the kintra.  The festival wis abolished in 2002 but wis revived in 2007.  This festival includes several events regardin the chrysanthemum lue.

Additionally, a century back, Jeongeup wis the steid o a revolution bi the releegious muivement o Cheondoism.  A fair feck o peasants jyned the muivement against the Japanese invaders. For this, Jeongeup hauds an annual commemmorative ceremony.


Image:Jeongeup Seonghwangsan War Memorial - 2009-02-04.JPG|Memorial tae thaim that fell defendin Korea


## Sister ceeties
*  Jongno-gu, Sooth Korea
*  Sacheon, Sooth Korea
*  Sokcho, Sooth Korea
*  Suseong-gu, Sooth Korea
*  Xuzhou, Cheenae
*  Narita, Japan

## See an aa
* Naejang-san
* Leet o ceeties in the Republic o Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Jeongeup ceety govrenment
Imsil

**Imsil Coonty** (*Imsil-gun*) is a coonty in the North Jeolla Province, Republic o Korea.

## Imsil Coonty
Imsil is a coonty in North Jeolla Province, Republic o Korea, approximately 30 minutes sooth o Jeonju bi car or bus, where purely domestic Korean cheese wis first produced.  Imsil Coonty encompasses several important touns, muntains, an natural auries.

## Climate

## Imsil Cheese Veelage
Imsil Cheese Veelage is locatit near the toun o Imsil (athin the coonty o Imsil).  It affers a ane day or mair vacation program for childer an tourists tae learn hou tae ferment cheese.

The cheese produced there is cried Imsil cheese, follaein the coonty name. Imsil cheese is the unusual mission legacy o a Catholic priest frae Belgium who teuk the Korean name o Ji Junghwan. He arrived in the fermin veelage o Imsil, in the mid-1950s, when the economy wis still shattered frae the Korean War.  He stairtit a fermers’ milk cooperative. This cooperative eventually became the Imsil Cheese Factory, which exists the day an produces heich quality cheese an yogurt for the Korean mercat. 

A pizza franchise uisin Imsil cheese haes become a widespread business in the Republic o Korea syne 2004, unner the name o Imsil Cheese Pizza. Nearbi livestock ferms produce the dairy products required for the manufactur o the cheese.

A group o enterprisin cheese manufacturers decidit tae branch oot intae makkin cheese pizza. In time, Ji Junghwan’s Imsil Cheese Pizza became ane o the maist popular brands, an the day it can be foond throughoot Korea. Pictured on ivery box is the Belgian missionary priest, probably the anerlie missionary in the warld tae hae left a pizza chain as pairt o his legacy.

The veelage is in a rural aurie, wi anerlie a bus runnin there ivery oor, an stops at 8pm. It is best no tae get strandit past 8pm. You can take the Shi-Hae intercity bus terminal in Jeonju an hop on an Imsil bus. Fares differs frae destrict tae destrict. Kang-jin Destrict cost 4800won, while the rest o imsil cost aboot 3800won. Imsil is kent for its natural Scenery. Come tae Duckchi elementary schuil durin the month o Mey tae see cherry blossoms. Tae get there take the Kangjin bus, an tak taxi cab bi sayin "Duck-chi Cho deung hagkyo ka juseyo". (5000 won).
There is a university in Imsil cried "Yewon Arts University" fowk go there tae study airts, dance an ither activities. 

It haes 14 elementary schuils, an there is an Inglis veelage. 

## References

## Freemit aintins
* Coonty govrenment hame page
Wanju

**Wanju Coonty** (*Wanju-gun*) is a county in the province o Jeollabuk-do, Republic o Korea. This coonty shoud no tae be ramfeeselt wi Wonju, in Gangwon-do.

## Gallery

file:Zenshu shrine torii.jpg|Shinto shrine in Jeonju durin the Japanese period.


## Sister ceeties
* Huai'an, Cheenae

## Freemit airtins
*Govrenment o Wanju Coonty
Buan

**Buan Coonty** (*Buan-gun*) is a coonty in North Jeolla Province, Republic o Korea. It is bundit bi the ceety o Jeongeup on the east, the coonty o Gochang on the sooth, the ceety o Gimje on the north, an Yellae Sea on the wast. Buan is dividit intae 1 *eup*, 12 *myeon*, an 503 *ri*. Buan haed a 2008 estimatit population o 60,872 an an area o 493.05㎢. Famous fowk frae Buan include Joseon Dynasty kisaeng an poet, Yi Mae-chang. This coonty shoud no be ramfeeselt wi Muan, the caipital o Jeollanam-do (Sooth Jeolla Province).

## Climate

## See an aa
* Geography o the Republic o Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Buan Coonty govrenment hame page
Antwerp

**Antwerp** (; , ; , ) is a city an municipality in Belgium an the caipital o the Antwerp province in Flanders. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 (1 Januar 2008) makin it the mucklemaist municipality in Belgium an Flanders in terms o its population. Its total area is 204.51 km2 (78.96 sq mi), giein a population density o 2,308 inhabitants per km². The metropolitan area, includin the ooter commuter zone, covers an area o 1,449 km2 (559 sq mi) with a tot of 1,190,769 inhabitants as o 1 January 2008. The nickname o inhabitants o Antwerp is *Sinjoren*, efter the Spainyie wird *señor*, which means 'mister' or 'gent'. It refers tae the leadin Spaingie noble-men that ruled the city durin the 17t century.

Antwerp haes lang been an important city in the naitions o the Benelux baith economically an culturally, especially afore the Spanish Fury o the Dutch Revolt. It is locatit on the richt (eastren) bank o the river Scheldt, that is linked tae the North Sea bi the estuary Westerschelde. The city haes ane o the mucklemaist seaports in Europe.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns — sister ceeties

The follaein places are twin touns an sister ceeties tae Antwerp:

### Pairtnerships
Athin the context o development cooperation, Antwerp is an aa linked tae:
*  Paramaribo, Suriname
*  Durban, South Africa

## References
Gochang

**Gochang Coonty** (*Gochang-gun*) is a coonty in the Jeollabuk-do Province, Republic o Korea.  It is a rural aurie, an is hame tae anerlie ane institution o heicher education:  Gochang Polytechnic College.

Famous fowk frae Gochang include the 20t-century poet Midang.

The temple o Seonunsa is an aa locatit in Gochang.  

The Gochang Dolmens locatit in Maesan veelage are leetit as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid an Historic Steid #391.

## See an aa
* Geography o the Republic o Korea

## Freemit airtins
* Coonty govrenment hame page
Tattie pot

A **tattie pot** is the Geordie version o the Sunderland dish cried panaculty made wi corned beef localy kent as "corned dog" tatties, ingans, carrots an oxo's or oot else yiv got. If ya really skint whiles you end up wi a nice bowl full o het watter tae dip ya breid in.
Jangsu

**Jangsu Coonty** (*Jangsu-gun*) is a coonty in the province o Jeollabuk-do, Republic o Korea.
Jangsu is no tae be ramfeeselt wi Sangju, in Gyeongsangbuk-do, when you write.
It is weel kent for Jangsu-Galbi.

## Climate

## See an aa
* Leet o Korea-relatit topics

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Coonty govrenment hame page
Sunchang

**Sunchang Coonty** (*Sunchang-gun*) is a coonty in the province o Jeollabuk-do, Republic o Korea.

Sunchang's claim tae fame is its red pepper paste, or *gochujang*, which is supposed tae be destinct frae ither recipes. The govrenor o the coonty puts his personal seal o approval on it tae mak it authentic Sunchang Gochujang.  

Famous fowk frae Sunchang include Unification Meenister Chung Dong-young, who wis born there.

## See an aw
* Geography o the Republic o Korea

## Freemit airtins
* Coonty govrenment hame page
Jinan Coonty

**Jinan Coonty** (*Jinan-gun*) is a coonty in the province o Jeollabuk-do, Republic o Korea.

## Freemit airtins
*Coonty govrenment hame page
Spaceballs

***Spaceballs*** () is an American science feection comedy parady film frae 1987. The film wis produced an directit bi Mel Brooks an wis wrutten bi Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan an Ronny Graham. The cast o the film includes Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis an Bill Pullman.
Iksan

**Iksan** is a ceety an major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, (commonly transliteratit as Jeollabuk-do) Sooth Korea.

The ceety centre an railway junction wis ance cried "Iri" (), but merged wi Iksan Coonty (*Iksan-gun*) in 1995.  

The railway junction is located at the point whaur Jeolla, Janghang Line an Gunsan Lines meet the Honam Line, an is served bi frequent train service tae/frae Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, Mokpo, Jeonju, Suncheon, an Yeosu.

Iksan Naitional College, Won Buddhism Graduate Schuil, Wonkwang Health Science College, an Wonkwang University are aw locatit in Iksan.

Iksan is cried “The ceety o Jewelry” an haes a Jewelry museum which opened in Mey 2002.

In late November 2006, Korean authorities quarantined a ferm in Iksan an began cullin poultry an livestock athin  3 kilometers radius, tae contain an ootbreak o the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Iksan that haes been haundit doun the story o Seodong an Seonhwa will be the 'Paradise in Autumn Festival'

Festivals wi various themes are held in Iksan.  Each o these festivals is themed wi a pairticular product an relatit tae the local history.

The names are as follaes:

Seodong Festival
10,000,000 Chrysanthemums festival
Iksan Jewelry Expo
Stane Cultur festival

## History
Iksan wis ance the caipital o an auncient kintra, Baekje Kinrick. The temples built then are still staundin nou.
Iksan haes awways been an important transport centre.
Efter the "Iri train station explosion", Iksan ceety fell intae a state o decline. Housomeivver, Iksan's train station wis later rebuilt an it became the junction o three rail lines, the Jeolla Line, Honam Line an Janghang Line. It nou services KTX an Saemaul trains as well as frequent buses services. The day, Iksan is ance again a thrivin ceety.

## Geography
Iksan's geographical location is situatit on the Okgu an Keumman Plains which lead tae the Wast Sea Yellae Sea. As it is locatit vera near the sea whaur ships can transport a wide variety o products, Iksan haes played a role as a central aurie o logistics as well as traffic for a lang time.

Iksan is situatit in the northwastren pairt o Jeollabuk-do. In the east o Iksan are the rugged muntains of Mt. Cheonho an Mt. Mireuk at the edge o the Noryeong Muntains, an in the northwast the range o Mt. Hamra leadin tae a series o hills an a great stream, which hae formed a fertile plain, towards the wast. Iksan borders Nonsan-gun an Buyeo-gun, Chuncheongnam-do, dividit bi Keum-gangriver in the north. It faces the Okgu Plains in the wast an the Kimje Plains dividit bi Mankyeong-gang in the sooth.

## Sister ceeties
* Culver Ceety, Californie, Unitit States
* Odense, Denmark
* Zhenjiang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae

## Notable fowk frae Iksan

* Birdie Kim, LPGA gowfer
* Iri Station Explosion

## See an aa
* Leet o ceeties in the Republic o Korea
* Geography o the Republic o Korea
* Honam

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Ceety govrenment hame page 
* Ceety govrenment hame page
Road House

***Road House*** () is a American film frae 1989. The film wis produced bi Joel Silver, directit bi Rowdy Herrington an wrutten bi David Lee Henry an Hilary Henkin. The cast o the film includes Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliot an Ben Gazzara.

## Plot
The main chairacter o the film is cawed Dalton − a faur-kent buncer wha at the stairt o the film is warkin at a nichtclub in New York Ceety. Efter a tuilyie wi a royet drinker, Dalton tends tae the cut he haes gat. Nae lang efterhaund, a man cawed Frank Tilghman introduces himsel an recruits Dalton tae wark at his nichtclub cawed the Double Deuce whit is in Jasper, Missouri. Tilghman's club is tribbelt bi bowsterous fechtin and camsteirious drinkers wha Tilghman is howpin Dalton can sort oot.

Nae lang efter gettin tae Jasper, Dalton meets Brad Wesley, the fae o the film. Wesley is the awner o aw the companies in Jasper an an ill-kyndit man wha brings fear tae the indwallers o the toun. Nae lang efter bein in Jasper, it becomes obvious tae Dalton that if he wants tae clean up the Double Deuce he'll hae tae sort oot Wesley an his rochians. In a fecht wi some o Wesley's men at the Double Deuce, Dalton gets sneddit in the side an haes tae gae tae the local infirmary. Here he meets Doc wha he asks oot an haes a fain relationship wi; this angers Brad Wesley wha becomes mair ill-herit than uisual tae the fowk o Jasper.

Wesley gaes aboot distribblin aw o Dalton's freends. Efter killin Dalton's freend Wade, Dalton gaes tae Wesley's hoose an kills aw but ane o Wesley's rochians afore fectin wi Wesley himsel. In the fecht wi Wesley, Dalton's auld feres come an kill Wesley wi shotguns efter Wesley is aboot tae shuit Dalton.

## Cast
Lavalleja Depairtment

**The Depairtment o Lavalleja** is a depairtment o Uruguay. The caipital is Minas. It is locatit in the sootheast o the kintra, bordered tae the north bi the depairtment o Treinta y Tres tae the east wi Rocha, tae the sooth wi Canelones an Maldonado, an tae the wast tae Florida.

The depairtment is namit in honour o Brigadier Juan Antonio Lavalleja, who haed distinguished militar an poleetical action in the kintra's unthirldom.

## History

The depairtment wis creatit on Juin 16, 1837, wi pairt o Cerro Largo an Maldonado depairtments. It wis first named as Minas. In March 1888, it wis asked that the Chamber o Deputies raised the settlement hierarchy o the veelage o Minas tae be a toun an tae chynge the depairtment's name tae Lavalleja. The first wis appruivit. Frae then, an till December 26, 1927, when the name wis chyngit tae Lavalleja, widespread debates aboot the matter wur held. There wis poleetical will tae designate a depairtment unner the name o the heid o the Liberation Crusade, but no at the expense o Minas, even considerin creatin a new depairtment named Lavalleja, being rejectit efterwards.

## Population an Demografics
As o the census o 2004, there wur 60,925 fowk an 20,737 hoosehaulds in the depairtment. The average hoosehauld size wis 2.9. For ivery 100 females, there wur 99.1 males.

*Population growth rate: -0.157% (2004)
*Birth Rate: 14.57 births/1,000 fowk (2004)
*Daith Rate: 10.49 daiths/1,000 fowk
*Average age: 34.8 (33.5 Males, 36.1 Females)
*Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
**Total population: 76.01 year
**Male: 71.87 year
**Female: 80.31 year
*Average Family Size: 2.31 childer/wumman
*Urban per caipita income (ceeties o 5,000 inhabitants or mair): 4,316.8 pesos/month

### Ceeties, touns an veelages
Population statit as per 2004 census.

### Landwart population
Accordin tae the 2004 census, Lavalleja depairtment haes an additional Landwart poulation o 8,033.

## See an aa
* Leet o populatit places in Uruguay#Lavalleja Depairtment

## References

## Freemit airtins
*INE map o Lavalleja Depairtment
Gimje

**Gimje** (*Gimje-si*) is a ceety in the province o Jeollabuk-do, Republic o Korea.

## Seembol
* Ceety Bird : Dove
* Ceety Tree : Zelkova tree
* Ceety Flouer : Zinnia

## History
Gimje aurie haes been cultivatit syne auncient times.
Naitions o early date ascend in year 200. Baekje Kinrick invadit an incorporatit several sma mahan states intae hersel in the 13t year o King Onjo’s reign.
Efter lang times, Baekje Kinrick chyngit its name as Byeogol but its date is no clear.

Baekje Kinrick wis ruined bi Tang an Silla Kinricks an Unified Silla Kinrick chyngit intae current term, Gimje ceety.

Goryeo dynasty raised up its position tae Gimje Destrict in the 21st year o Keeng Injong’s reign.

In Joseon Dynasty, Gimje firstly appeared in the year 1466 when Sejo o Joseon ruled. He promoted ance again Gimje as independent coonty. In 1628, Gwanghaegun o Joseon combined near destrict cried Mangyeong Destrict intae Gimje Coonty.

## Horizontal festival
Gimje is the anerlie ane region whaur Koreans can see horizon in landlocked aurie. Ceety govrenment enhanced its cultural characteristic o cultivatin rice an ither species for a lang time. Gimje wis unner Baekje Kinrick an wis ane o the best aurie for growin rice in the 20t century, too. The festival wis appointit *Excellent Festival* for 4 years syne 2004. It an aa providit chance for ceety residents tae feel traditional fermin methods.

## Sister ceeties
* Donghae, Republic o Korea
* Nantong, Cheenae

## Fowk frae Gimje
*Masutatsu Oyama
*Sin Chang-won
*Casanova Wong

## See an aa
* Leet o ceeties in the Republic o Korea

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Ceety govrenment hame page
Lieven Bauwens

**Lieven Bauwens** (14 Juin 1769, Ghent – 17 Mairch 1822, Paris) wis a Belgian entrepreneur an industrial spy who wis sent tae Great Breetain at a young age an brocht a spinnin mule an skilled wirkers tae the European continent.

He stairtit textile plants in Paris (1799) an Ghent (1800). In Ghent he wis an aa mayor for ane year. As a leadin industrial, he wis visitit bi Napoleon in 1810 an awardit the Legion d'Honneur.

He is remembered in Flanders for bringin the textile industry, an therebi the Industrial Revolution, thare.

The spinnin mule that wis brocht tae Ghent can still be visitit, in the (http://www.miat.gent.be) Museum for Industrial Archeology an Textile (MIAT).

## Freemit airtins
* Museum for Industrial Aircheology an Textile
Zelzate

**Zelzate** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality anerlie comprises the toun o Zelzate proper. On Januar 1, 2006 Zelzate haed a total population o 12,176. The total aurie is 13.71&nbsp;km² that gies a population density o 888 inhabitants per km².

Zelzate is dividit intae twa pairts bi the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal. There a concrete drawbridge an a tunnel tae connect the twa sides. Zelzate is kent for the naurhaun pollutin industry, that gars it the veelage wi the lawest air quality in the kintra. Recently ArcelorMittal Ghent (Sidmar) makkit a major investment that resultit in an emission decrease o 90%.

## Notable citizens
* Eric Verpaele (b. Zelzate, 2 Februar 1952), writer
* Eddy Wally (b. Zelzate, 12 Julie 1932), internaitional legend, superstar,

## Sister ceeties
The toun is twinned wi:
*Aubenas (Fraunce)
*Cesenatico (Italy)
*Delfzijl (Netherlands)
*Schwarzenbek (Germany)
*Sierre (Swisserland)

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Lebbeke

**Lebbeke** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the touns o Denderbelle, Lebbeke proper an Wieze. On Januar 1, 2006 Lebbeke haed a total population o 17,608. The total aurie is 26.92&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 654 inhabitants per km².
Lebbeke is hame tae the chocolate factory Callebaut.

## Events

Metal Female Voices Fest is a hivy metal festival held annually in Belgium syne 2003.

## Notable indwallers
*Jean-Marie Pfaff, soccer player, played 64 times for the Belgian naitional fitbaw team an wis born in Lebbeke. He nou lives in Brasschaat.
*Frank Vandenbroucke, internaitional cyclist.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid - Anerlie available in Dutch
Monolit

**Monolit** is a thrash metal baund frae Mostar, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, formed in 1988. It wis foondit bi Predrag Glogovac, Zlatko Mehic, Slobodan Ernjakovic an Marin Bago. The baund is forby kent as ane o pioneerin thrash metal baunds in umwhile Yugoslavie.

## Biography
Awtho a baund bi the name Monolit existit in the mid 1980s, an even haed some demo recordins, that formation wis disbandit due tae creative differences.

Monolit wis foondit in 1988, in Mostar bi Predrag Glogovac, Zlatko Mehic, Slobodan Ernjakovic an Marin Bago. This same year thay recordit the first three-sang demo that got a guid reception amaingst baith fans an critics. In 1990, thay recorded the seicont three-sang demo, awtho it wis a slicht departure frae earlier works that war characterized bi heavier direction. But the new sound wis welcomed throughout Yugoslavie in aw the important music magazines. In addition, the baund expanded thair fan base, which culminatit when thay performed in Mostar.

In 1991 thay haed thair first album's worth o material recordit, an thay played at the biggest metal festival in Sarajevo, in front o 2,500 fans. Bi 1992, the social an poleetical landscape haed altered an, upon thair first meetin syne the Bosnie War in 2006, twa baund members peyed a tribute tae a lost friend. Thay recordit "Kletva", in a memory o the baund's drummer an the foondin member, Zlatko Mehic (Zuba), who haed dee'd in the war in 1993.
 
Later, the decision wis made for the baund tae continue on, even tho Predrag is in Norawa, an Slobodan in Canadae. Monolit released its first album, *Arcana Balkanica*, in 2008, a collection o auld an new sangs, an thay are currently wirkin on thair seicont release.

## Baund members

;Current
* Slobodan Ernjakovic – lead vocals, guitar (1988–present)
* Predrag Glogovac – guitar (1988–present)

;Umwhile
*Zlatko Mehic (deceased) – drums (1988–1993)
*Marin Bago – bass guitar  (1988–1993)
*Drazan Nastic – lead vocals (1991)

## Discography
### Albums
**Arcana Balkanica* (2008)
**Deimos Tapes* (2012)

### Demos
**Demo* (3 tracks)  (1988)
**Demo* (3 tracks)  (1990)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* MySpace.com
* Bosnian-metal.blogspot.com
* Metal-archives.com
Sounds of a Playground Fading

***Sounds of a Playground Fading*** is the tent studio album bi the Swadish melodic daith metal baund In Flames, released on Juin 15, 2011 through Century Media Records/Razzia. This is the first album recordit bi In Flames athoot foondin guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who left the baund in Februar 2010.

## Backgrund
Accordin tae Anders, this album features increasinly wide vocal registers an reduced screams an gruwls. In addition, some of the album's songs "pretty much go against the hard rock formula."

## Writin an recordin
The entire album wis composed bi Björn Gelotte. The guitar solos, unlike maist ither albums, wur able tae be pre-planned oot an wirkit muckle better accordin tae the in-studio report.

## Release an promotion
The baund revealed the cover airt, track leetin an first single, "Deliver Us", on their offeecial Facebook page.  Then on Juin 3, 2011, aol.com streamed the entire album on their muisic network.

## Reception
*Sounds of a Playground Fading* debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200 album chairt in the Unitit States. The record an aa debuted at number 2 on the Top Hard Rock Chart, number 7 on the Top Rock Chairt an number 5 on the Top Independent Chairt. In addition, it an aa debuted at Number 1 o the Billboard German Albums chairt, an at Number 12 o the Billboard Canadian Albums chart.

## Track leetin
Aw muisic written bi Björn Gelotte an aw leerics bi Anders Fridén. Aw sangs arranged bi In Flames.

## Personnel
;In Flames
*Daniel Svensson – drums, percussion
*Anders Fridén – vocals
*Björn Gelotte – guitars
*Peter Iwers – bass guitar

;Production
*Anders Björler – filmin, editin & directin (In The Studio/Studio Report)
*Johannes Bergion - cello (on "A New Dawn")
*Roberto Laghi - Producer
*Örjan Örnkloo - Keybuirds an Samples

## Release dates

## References
Buggenhout

**Buggenhout** is a municipality in the Belgian province o East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the touns o Buggenhout proper, Briel, Opdorp, an Opstal. On Januar 1, 2011 Buggenhout haed a tot population o 14,167. The tot aurie is 25.25 square kilometres, whit gies a population density o 561 indwallers per square kilometre. The current mayor o Buggenhout is Tom Van Herreweghe, frae the (local) NCD pairty.

Buggenhout is the geometrical centre o Flanders: Gin ye tak a cairdboard cut-oot o Flanders, an balance it on a needle whaur Buggenhout is, the hale cut-oot wad be in balance.

Buggenhout is an aa kent for its forest, the "Buggenhout Bos", that is the lairgest forest o East Flanders.

Buggenhout haes twa breweries, Bosteels (kent for the "Tripel Karmeliet", "Deus" (a champagne beer), "Kwak") an De Landtsheer (kent for "Malheur").

## Etymology
The modren name "Buggenhout" stems frae the Middle Dutch "Bucghenhout" that on its turn stems frae the Auld Dutch "Bukenholt". *Buken* comes frae Proto-Germanic *bokjon (Modren Dutch: beuken, Auld Inglis: becen (beechs)), *holt* frae *hulta (Modren Dutch: hout (bos), Auld Inglis: holt (forest)). Thegither, thay wad form "Beukenhout" or "Beech forest". Buggenhout is still kent for its forest "Buggenhoutbos" (Buggenhout forest).

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Nazareth, Belgium

**Nazareth** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality is makkit up o the touns o Eke an Nazareth proper. On Januar 1, 2006 Nazareth haed a total population o 10,947. The total area is 35.19&nbsp;km² whilk gies a population density o 311 inhabitants per km².

## History

The community wis first recordit in 1259.

## Etymology
Thare are mony hypotheses fur the oreegin o the name *Nazareth*, datit tae a text o sangs frae 1259 CE. It is possible that Nazareth wis cried efter the biblical city o Nazareth. It is possible, but less likely, that Nazareth wis oreeginally a slip o the wird *magherhet* (thinness) an aa.

## Heraldry

The airms o Nazareth is a composition o twa faimily crests:

::The first pairt is the airms o the family Rockolfing: three gowd roses geknopt throat in the field, vert scrolled heid an a shield chairged wi a throat depth an leukin roond lion o golwd, tongued gules.

::The seicont pairt is the escutcheon o the family Kervyn Volkaersbeke: saber in a twill thegither richt in the heid bi an acorn, stemmed an browsed in twa pieces, left in the mind o a sax-pointit starn, iverythin frae gowd an the ane point eagle leg o siller.

## Sichtseein

*A 19t yeirhunner kirk (1861 – 1870)

## Freemit airtinss
*Offeecial wabsteid
Hamme

**Hamme** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Hamme proper an Moerzeke, Zogge an St-Anna as pairt touns. On Januar 1, 2006, Hamme haed a total population o 23,232. The total aurie is 40.21&nbsp;km² which gies a population densitie o 578 indwallers per km². The current mayor o Hamme is Herman Vijt, frae the CD&V (Christian Democratic) pairty.

Hamme haes its vera awn legends an aw. The maist famous ane is the legend o the "Hamse Wuiten". The fowk o Hamme are cried *Hamse Wuitens* an aw. The "Hamse wuiten" is forby the main mascot in a street parade at the end o Mairch ilka year, whaur indwallers dress up an bigg muckle trucks wi funny giant puppets, makkin maistly fun o politeecians an naitional scandals.

## Kenspeckle indwallers
*Herman Brusselmans, writer
Zele

**Zele** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality anerlie comprises the toun o Zele proper. On Januar 1, 2006 Zele haed a total population o 20,371. The total aurie is 33.06&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 616 inhabitants per km².

## Famous inhabitants
*Pierre de Decker, Umwhile Prime Meenister o Belgium (1855–1857)
*Caroline Maes, professional tennis player
*Christophe Impens, Belgian recordholder 1500 m run, semi-finalist at Atlanta Oleempics.
*Filip De Wilde, professional fitbaa player.

## Ither meanins

Zelé (зеле) means 'cabbitch' in Bulgarian.
Zele wis a ceety in Pontus whaur a synod wis held.

Želė means 'jelly' in Lithuanie.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Laarne

**Laarne** is a municipality locatedit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Kalken an Laarne proper. On Januar 1, 2006 Laarne haed a total population o 11,736. The total aurie is 32.07&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 366 inhabitants per km². The current mayor o Laarne is Ignace De Baerdemaecker, frae the VLD (Liberal) party.

## History
The vileelage lies tae the east o Ghent, near a umwhile course o the River Scheldt an is notable for its castle. This dates frae the twalt an later centuries, notably, the seiventeent an haes been sympathetically restored an re-furnished.

The name arises frae the Germanic *hlaeri* which signifies terrain seen as woodit an mairshy. It is possible tae speculate that the veelage oreeginatit in servin the castle, which in turn, guardedit the river approach tae Ghent frae the sea. In the twalft century, that wis less remote frae the ceety than it is the day. In 1040, Laarne wis mentioned as *Laren*.

The lairdship passed bi inheritance through the families o Schoutheete, van Vilsteren an ithers, fieenally tae the coonts o Ribaucourt.  The castle is nou awned bi the *Vereniging van Historische Woonsteden van België* (the Union o Historic Homesteads o Belgium).

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid - Anerlie available in Dutch
Berlare

**Berlare** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Berlare proper, Overmere an Uitbergen. In 2021, Berlare haed a population o 15,222.The total area is 37.82&nbsp;km² whilk gies a population density o 388.4/km2. Katja Gabriëls is mayor o Berlare the noo, frae the Liberal pairty VLD. Donkmeer, a muckle loch, is locatit here.

## Kenspeckle indwallers
*Fred De Bruyne, cyclist an telly commentator
*Karel De Gucht, politician

## Soorces

## Freemit airtins
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Wetteren

**Wetteren** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Massemen, Westrem an Wetteren proper. On Januar 1, 2006 Wetteren haed a total population o 23,209. The total aurie is 36.68&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 633 inhabitants per km².

## Notable fowk
* Julien De Wilde (b. Wetteren, 7 Januar 1967), businessman
* Émile Pierre Joseph Storms (1846-1918) Splorer o Congo Free State, General
Waasmunster

**Waasmunster** is a municipality locatit in the Flemish province o East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality anerlie comprises the toun o Waasmunster proper. On Januar 1, 2010 Waasmunster haed a total population o 10,412. The total aurie is 31.93&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 323 inhabitants per km².

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid - Anerlie available in Dutch
Nevele

**Nevele** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele an Vosselare. On Januar 1, 2006 Nevele haed a total population o 11,217. The total areaurie is 51.89&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 216 inhabitants per km².

## Deelgemeenten

Nevele consists o sax deelgemeenten (pairt-municipalities).

Nevele haes borders wi:
*a. Lovendegem
*b. Drongen (Ghent)
*c. Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze)
*d. Bachte-Maria-Leerne (Deinze)
*e. Meigem (Deinze)
*f. Lotenhulle (Aalter)
*g. Bellem (Aalter)
*h. Zomergem

### Leet

### Map

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid - Anerlie available in Dutch
Drongen

**Drongen** (French: *Tronchiennes*) is a submunicipality o the ceety o Ghent (Arrondissement o Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium).

Drongen is dividit intae three parishes: Drongen, Luchteren an Baarle.

Drongen is known for its early medieval monastery, foondit in the 7t century bi the monk Amandus, the Missionary o the Leie an Schelde. Destroyed bi the Normans in 853, the monastery wis rebuilt bi the coonts o Flanders. The monastery wis the victim o the releegious wars follaein the Reformation, an in 1578 it wis ance again destroyed bi Calvinists. In 1638 the abbey kirk wis rebuilt an atween 1638 an 1698 the monastery wis restored. Efter a fire in 1727, the kirk touer wis restored ance again in 1734, wi a destinctive appearance. In 1797 the French occupee'd an sauld the abbey. In 1804 Lieven Bauwens uised the monastery as a textile plant. The current monastery an abbey kirk date frae 1859 an remain in uise as a spiritual centre dedicatit tae the teachins o Ignatius o Loyola.

## Freemit airtins

*  Oude Abdij ('Auld Abbey') 
*  Heemkundige Kring Dronghine ('Local History Circle Dronghine')  
*  Practical informations aboot Drongen
Wichelen

**Wichelen** is a municipality locatited in the Denderstreek in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Schellebelle, Serskamp an Wichelen proper. On January 1, 2006 Wichelen haed a total population o 11,145. The total aurie is 22.87&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 487 inhabitants per km².
Wormrot

**Wormrot** is a Singaporean grindcore baund formed in 2007, immediately efter the foondin members completit their mandatory twa years o Naitional Service.

## History
The baund wis discovered in late December 2009 bi Digby Pearson, the awner o record label Earache, in a mixtape postit on the *Invisible Oranges* blog. 

Efter hearin Wormrot's "Born Stupid" on the compilation, Pearson searched oot an  dounloadit Wormrot's full-length debut, *Abuse*, frae file-sharin steid MediaFire. 

Pearson wis impressed wi the album's quality an the baund's "ambition, haurd wirk ethic, an willingness tae put [its hame kintra] an Asian grindcore in the global map." 

Pearson approached the baund on their MySpace page, askin if they wur interestit in joinin Earache's roster. 

The baund investigatit the label's credentials on a muisic forum an efter receivin positive responses frae ithers uisers, they signed a recordin contract wi Earache in late Januar 2010.

Earache reissued *Abuse* in Europe on 13 Aprile 2010 an in the Unitit States on 8 Juin 2010. To promote the album's reissue, Wormrot toured Europe atween late Aprile an Juin 2010.

Their seicont album, *Dirge,* wis released in 2011.

They are currently recordin a new EP scheduled tae be released online in simmer 2011.

## References
Mariakerke, East Flanders

**Mariakerke** is a submunicipality o the ceety o Ghent (Arrondissement o Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium). Its population is o 11,883 fowk (2007).

## History

In the 17t century, *Mariakerke* wis dividit in twa acause o the construction o the "Brugse Vaart", a canal that connects the ceeties o Ghent an Bruges. The wast side is Mariakerke center. The east side o Mariakerke is kent as *[[Kolegem]]*. Acause o the hunders o years o separation, baith halves developed their awn unique atmosphere. 

*Mariakerke* obtained the status o independent veelage in 1793, efter which a brig wis constructit tae connect baith halves o the veelage. The brig haes been destroyed several times durin war, which mak that the actual brig wis put up in 1964.

Besides the brig, *Mariakerke* anerlie haed ane main road which connectit the veelage wi the ceety o Ghent. This road wis vera important for the veelage, an still exists the day unner the name "Brugse Steenweg". 

Later in the 18t century, a trade route wis constructit frae Ghent tae Eeklo, an *Mariakerke* became a stop alang this important road. Nouadays the road is better kent as the N9, ane o Ghent's maist busy avenues. This new street haed a significant impact on the 18t century *Mariakerke*.

The fowk frae *Mariakerke* became mair involved in the ceety life o Ghent ance the industrial era haed begun. A lot o veelagers foond a job at the mony factories o Ghent, an a lot o rich industrials constructit castles an mansions in the rural *Mariakerke*. These castles can still be visitit the day, an add a special atmosphere tae the veelage.

*Mariakerke* feenally lost its rural character efter Warld War II. A lot o ceety fowk muivit tae the kintra side, an *Mariakerke* witnessed a real population boom. In the 1970s, the ceety o Ghent stairtit expandin again, slowly but surely absorbin the veelage o *Mariakerke* intae its urban borders. 1976 saw the fusion o *Mariakerke* wi Ghent, an iver syne it haes been pairt o the urban aurie o Ghent.

## Castles
* Castle Claeys-Bouüaert
* Castle de Hemptine
* Castle ter beken
* Castle Kervyn d'oudt Mooregem
* Castle van Tieghem de ten Berghe
* White castle or Henry Story
* Castle les Cygnes
Deinze

**Deinze** is a ceety an a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the ceety o Deinze proper an the touns o Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Meigem, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Wontergem an Zeveren. On Januar 1, 2006 Deinze haed a total population o 28,320. The total aurie is 75.54&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 375 inhabitants per km².

Deinze is an aa the stairtin location o the cyclin race Gent–Wevelgem.

## Places o interest

*The Ooidonk Castle, frae the 16t century

## Famous inhabitants
*Dirk van Braeckel, heid o design at Bentley Motors
*Raoul De Keyser, painter
*Rudy Dhaenens, cyclist, Warld Champion in 1990
*Poppo o Deinze, saunt
*Jacques Rogge, 8t preses o the Internaitional Oleempic Committee
*Karel Van Wijnendaele, foonder o the Ronde van Vlaanderen
Watermaal-Bosvoorde

**Watermael-Boitsfort** (French) or **Watermaal-Bosvoorde** (Dutch) is ane o the nineteen municipalities locatit in the Brussels-Caipital Region in Belgium.

On 1 Januar 2006 the municipality haed a tot population o 24,056. Its tot aurie is 12.93&nbsp;km² which gies it a population density o 1,860 indwallers per km². It is the lawest population density o the 19 communities in the Brussels-Caipital Region.

Watermael-Boitsfort is in the sooth o the caipital an borders the communes o Uccle, Auderghem an Ixelles as well as the province o Flemish Brabant. The Sonian Forest (*Forêt de Soignes* or *Zoniënwoud*) covers amaist 60% o the municipality.

The municipality is twinned wi Chantilly in Fraunce, Annan in Scotland an Hegyvidék in Hungary.

## Notable inhabitiants
* Willy Coppens, fechter ace o Warld War I (1892–1986).
* Antoine Depage, surgeon (1862–1925).
* Rik Wouters, airtist (1882–1916). The municipality haes gien his name tae a place: Place Rik Wouters (in *French*) or Rik Wouters plein (*Dutch*).

Michel Roger Lafosse, false claimant tae the Scottis throne, wis born in the commune in 1958, but wis niver a resident.

## See an aa
* Barbu de Watermael

## Freemit airtins
*  Watermael-Boitsfort offeecial Wabsteid
Ixelles

**Ixelles** (French, pronounced ) or **Elsene** (Dutch, pronoonced ) is ane o the nineteen municipalities locatit in the Brussels-Caipital Region o Belgium.

## Geografie
Ixelles or Elsene is locatit in the sooth o Brussels an is dividit intae twa pairts bi Avenue Louise, which is pairt o the Ceety o Brussels municipality. The smawer wast pairt o the municipality includes Rue du Bailli/Baljuwstraat an extends roughly frae Avenue Louise tae Avenue Brugmann/Brugmannlaan.

The lairger east pairt o the municipality includes the steids o the Université Libre de Bruxelles an the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, an the Eugène Flagey square. The Bois de la Cambre is locatit juist sooth o Ixelles.

The construction o Avenue Louise wis commissioned in 1847 as a monumental avenue bordered bi chestnut trees that wad allou easy access tae the popular recreational aurie o the Bois de la Cambre. It wis an aa tae be the first Haussmann-esque airtery o the ceety o Brussels. Housomeivver, fierce resistance tae the project wis put up bi the toun o Ixelles (which wis then still separate frae Brussels) through whose land the avenue wis supposed tae run. Efter years o fruitless negotiations, Brussels feenally annexed the narrae baund o land needited for the avenue plus the Bois de la Cambre itsel in 1864. That decision accoonts for the unuisual shape o the day's Ceety o Brussels an for Ixelles being split in twa separate pairts.

## See an aw

*Ixelles Cemetery
*Municipalities o the Brussels

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial steid o Elsene / Ixelles municipality (anerlie in French or Dutch)
Auderghem

**Auderghem** (umwhile Dutch spellin, nou uised in French; pronoonced ) or **Oudergem** () is ane o the nineteen municipalities locatit in the Brussels-Caipital Region o Belgium.

Locatit tae the sootheast o the caipital, alang the Woluwe valley an at the entrance tae the Sonian Forest (*Forêt de Soignes*, *Zoniënwoud*), the municipality haes a environmental advantage. Despite lairge roads slicin throu an the increasin treffic, it haes been able tae preserve a relatively important pairt o its naitural an historic legacy: the creeks, the Abbey o ''Rouge-Cloître'' or ''Rood Klooster'' (Red Closter) an its airt center, the Priory o *Val Duchesse* or *Hertoginnedal* (Duchess Dale), the Château o *Trois Fontaines* or *Drie Fonteinen* (Three Fountains), an the remarkable Chapel o Saunt Anne.

Auderghem is adjacent tae the municipalities o Etterbeek, Ixelles, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, an Watermaal-Bosvoorde.

The municipality is govrened bi its 16t mayor, Didier Gosuin (FDF).

## History

Three forest veelages (Auderghem, Watermael, an Boitsfort-Bosvoorde), wur ane for centuries. In 1794, the sodgers o the French Revolution decidit tae separate thir intae three diestinct municipalities. In 1811, Napoleon decidit tae reunite the three veelages, bi imperial decree, intae a single admeenistrative entity. But Auderghem wis athdrawn frae this union bi ryal act, leavin Watermaal-Bosvoorde on its awn. Sicweys, Auderghem became an independent municipality in 1863, wi anerlie 1,600 indwallers.

Wi the construction o the rail line linkin Brussels an Tervuren as well as, in 1910, the construction o the *Boulevard du Souverain* or *Vorstlaan*, modrenization came tae the municipality an the population grew quickly.

In 1956, Paul Henri Spaak lead the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom at the Val Duchesse castle in Auderghem, which prepared the Treaties o Rome in 1957 an the fundation o the European Economic Community an Euratom in 1958.

## Sichts

The Priory o ''Val Duchesse'' or ''Hertoginnedal'', a gift o the kieeng, is unfortunately rarely open tae the public. In 1963, Belgium's cabinet meenisters met here, plantin the seeds o a federalization o the kintra tho at conditions fiercely criticised especially in some extremist Flemish naitionalist circles.

Similarly, the Chapel o Saiunt Anne, whose oreegins gang back tae the 12t century, is no open tae the public. Decommissioned in 1843, it wis sauld several times. Its splendid sculpturs frae the Middle Ages an notable period furnitur are still thare tae admire.

The municipality affers mony green spaces.

## See an aa
*Municipalities o the Brussels-Caipital Region

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial steid o the Municipality o Auderghem (in French)
*Offeecial steid o the Municipality o Oudergem (in Dutch)