Editing Wezembeek-Oppem (section)

==Languages==
[[Image:WezembeekOppemGemeentehuis.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Wezembeek-Oppem town hall]]
{{See also|Francization of Brussels|Municipalities with language facilities}}

Wezembeek-Oppem is one of the six [[municipalities with language facilities]] in the [[Flemish Region]] surrounding the [[Brussels-Capital Region]]. Wezembeek-Oppem is the only one of these that does not border Brussels directly since a narrow strip of land belonging to the neughbouring municipality of [[Kraainem]] lies in between the closest city boundary at Stockel ([[Woluwe-Saint-Pierre]]).

When the last official language census was taken in 1947, just under 30% of the population in Wezembeek-Oppem had French as their mother tongue.<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-11-08 |title=Histoire des discriminations linguistiques ou pour motifs linguistiques, contre les francophones de la périphérie bruxelloise (de 120.000 à 150.000 citoyens belges) |url=http://www.carrefour.be/histoire.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310003827/http://www.carrefour.be/histoire.htm |archive-date=2009-03-10 |access-date=2009-01-17 |work=Histoire |publisher=Carrefour |language=fr}}</ref> In 1963, when the official [[language border]] was finalised in Belgium, the municipality was designed as officially Dutch-speaking, however with facilities for French-speakers. In 1993, when Belgium was turned into a federation, the municipality was included in the newly established [[Flemish Region]].

The official language is [[Dutch language|Dutch]] (as everywhere in [[Flanders]]), but the [[Municipalities with language facilities|facility status]] means citizens have the right to request official documents from the local administration in French, may get primary school education in French as well as certain other public services.
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