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Beersel
Municipality
Beersel Castle, one of the municipality's notable monuments
Beersel Castle, one of the municipality's notable monuments
Flag of Beersel
Flag
 Coat of arms of Beersel
Coat of arms
Beersel is located in Belgium
Beersel
Beersel
Location in Belgium
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde
Area
 • Total 30.01 km2 (11.59 sq mi)
Population
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Postal codes
1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654
Area codes 02
Website www.beersel.be

Beersel (Dutch: [ˈbeːrsəl]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of the centre of Brussels. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2023, Beersel had a total population of 26.473. The total area is 30.01 km2 (11.59 sq mi), which gives a population density of 856/km2 (2,220/sq mi).

Beersel is perhaps best known for Beersel Castle, built between 1300 and 1310 by Jean II, Duke of Brabant, as a defense for Brussels. Guillaume Dufay, a notable 15th-century Franco-Flemish composer, was likely born in Beersel. In terms of gastronomy, Beersel is known for its boterham met plattekaas en radijzen (sandwich with white cheese and radishes), usually served with a geuze beer, and for its mandjeskaas (literally 'basket cheese'), which is a white cheese stored in little baskets. Beersel also has two traditional, authentic geuze breweries, Oud Beersel and 3 Fonteinen.

Notable residents

  • Eugène Prévinaire (1805–1877, Huizingen), second governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1870 until 1877
  • Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967), writer
  • Stéphane Demol (1966–2023), assistant manager of the Belgium national football team
  • Morten Olsen (born 1949), former football player and manager of the Denmark national football team
  • Karel Van Miert (1942–2009), former European Commissioner
  • Guillaume Dufay (1397?–1474), Burgundian composer
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