Meise facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Meise
Municipality
Bouchout Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Meise Location in Belgium
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Halle-Vilvoorde
Area
• Total	34.82 km2 (13.44 sq mi)
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Postal codes	1860, 1861
Area codes	02, 052, 015
Website	www.meise.be

Meise (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛisə]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Meise proper and Wolvertem (a deelgemeente), and several smaller villages like Sint-Brixius-Rode, Oppem, Meusegem, Impde/Imde, Rossem, Westrode and quarters as Bouchout, Nerom and Slozen. On January 1, 2006, Meise had a total population of 18,464. The total area is 34.82 km² (13.44 sq mi), which gives a population density of 530/km² (1,400/sq mi).

Transport

The A12 runs vertically through the middle of Meise.

Points of interest

• Wolvertem transmitter, a facility for AM broadcasting
• Meise Botanic Garden
• Bouchout Castle

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  Eddy Merckx bicycle factory

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  Meise Botanic Garden

Notable people

Some of Meise's most famous inhabitants are:

• Eddy Merckx
• Frank Deboosere [nl]
• Tony De Pauw
• Kris Wauters (from the band Clouseau)
• Jean-Pierre Van Rossem

Empress Carlota of Mexico (born the first Belgian princess) spent many secluded years at Bouchout Castle, where she died in 1927.

Twin towns

• Waalre, since 1980