Opwijk

Opwijk
Municipality
Town hall of Opwijk, building 1
Coat of arms
Location of Opwijk
Opwijk Location in Belgium Location of Opwijk in Flemish Brabant
Coordinates: 50°58′N 04°11′E
Community	Flemish community
Region	Flemish region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Halle-Vilvoorde
Government
• Mayor	Inez De Coninck (N-VA)
• Governing party/ies	Open VLD, N-VA
Area
• Total	19.92 km2 (7.69 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	14,378
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Postal codes	1745
NIS code	23060
Area codes	052, 02
Website	www.opwijk.be

Opwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɔpʋɛik]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Mazenzele and Opwijk proper. On January 1, 2012, Opwijk had a total population of 13,990. The total area is 19.69 km² which gives a population density of 690 inhabitants per km².

The town hall of Opwijk, building 2

The church of Saint-Paul in the centre of Opwijk

Places of interest

Built heritage

• The church of Saint-Paul
• The monastery of the sisters of Saint-Vincentius a Pauo

Places of commemoration

• At the cemetery, against a red beech, a monument commemorates the fallen soldiers of World War I. Besides a lot of veterans are buried here.

Other heritage

• The garden of the notary house of Wijnants. Today the garden is part of a school. Only a few trees are left over, such as a beautiful weeping beech (fagus sylvatica Pendula).
• The garden of 'Temmershof'. In 2007 most of the park was destroyed, except a few trees such as a big horse chestnut (aesculus hippocastanum).

Parks

• The central park 'Hof ten Hemelrijk' or in English 'court of heaven' with lawn, a pond and trees. In 2018 a lime tree was planted as a peace tree for the commemoration of the end of World War I.
• The small 'Processiepark'. In this parks there is a tree circle of red beeches with two trees that fused together in a special way.

External links

• Media related to Opwijk at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Available only in Dutch
• Heemkring Opwijk-Mazenzele - Available only in Dutch