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Linkebeek
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Flag of Linkebeek
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Coat of arms of Linkebeek
Coat of arms
Linkebeek is located in Belgium
Linkebeek
Linkebeek
Location in Belgium
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde
Area
 • Total 4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population
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Postal codes
1630
Area codes 02
Website www.linkebeek.be

Linkebeek (Dutch: [ˈlɪŋkəbeːk], French: [linkəbek]) is a Belgian municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district (arrondissement) of the province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality only comprises the town of Linkebeek proper. On 1 January 2006, Linkebeek had a total population of 4,759. The total area is 4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi), which gives a population density of 1,147/km2 (2,970/sq mi). It directly borders the Brussels-Capital Region and is part of the city's urban sprawl, contiguous with Moensburg (Uccle) – it was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery.

Twin towns

  • France Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay (France) since 1981
  • United Kingdom Kenton (England) since 1996

Famous inhabitants

  • Herman Teirlinck, writer (1879–1967)
  • Audrey Hepburn, actress and humanitarian
  • Roméo Elvis, rapper and hip-hop artist
  • Angèle Van Laeken, singer-songwriter and musician
  • Jehan Frison (on French Wikipedia) (1882–1961), painter and engraver
  • Rodolphe Wytsman (1860–1927), painter
  • Juliette Wytsman (1866–1925), painter
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