Editing Affligem

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Affligem
|picture          = Winters zicht op Teralfene.jpg
|picture-legend   = 
|map              = Affligem Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Affligem in the Province of Flemish Brabant
|arms             = Blason Affligem.svg
|flag             = Affligem vlag.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Halle-Vilvoorde administrative Arrondissement|Halle-Vilvoorde]]
|nis              = 23105
|pyramid-date=01/01/2006
|0-19=21.92
|20-64=62.09
|65=15.99
|foreigners=1.81
|foreigners-date=01/07/2005
|mayor            = [[Walter De Donder]] ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]])
|majority         = Lijst Burgemeester ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]]), Open2040
|postal-codes     = 1790
|telephone-area   = 053 - 02
|web              = [https://www.affligem.be/ www.affligem.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|54|N|04|06|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Affligem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑfliɣɛm|-|Nl-Affligem.ogg}}; anciently written '''Afflighem''') is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located some {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} west-north-west of [[Brussels]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Flemish Brabant]], not far from the city of [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]] and the important railway junction of [[Denderleeuw]]. Affligem is situated in the [[Pajottenland]].

The municipality comprises the villages of [[Essene (Belgium)|Essene]], [[Hekelgem]] and [[Teralfene]] (note that there is no village called Affligem proper). On 1 January 2006 it had 11,956 inhabitants. The total area is {{convert|17.70|km2|0|abbr=on}}, giving a population density of 676 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

==Monuments==
Historically, the village is best known for the [[Order of St. Benedict|Benedictine]] [[Affligem Abbey]], founded in 1062.

Other monuments include [[St Michael's church, Hekelgem]].

==Affligem abbey beers==
{{further|Heineken brands#Affligem Brewery|l1=Affligem Brewery}}
The [[Affligem Abbey|abbey of Affligem]] was founded around 1074, making it one of the oldest breweries and businesses in Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/commerce/affligems-make-beer-not-war-ad-tells-the-mostly-true-story-of-its-founding-1000-years-ago/|title=Affligem's 'Make Beer, Not War' Ad Recounts Its Founding}}</ref> The label "anno 1074" on the Affligem beer bottles is based on Abbey's founding. The brand name is used under license from the monks of Affligem, by the [[Heineken brands#Affligem Brewery|Op-Ale brewery]] in the neighbouring village of [[Opwijk]]. The brewery is now owned by [[Heineken International]], who have renamed it the Affligem brewery and market the beers internationally.

==References==
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==External links and sources==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030619052505/http://www.affligem.be/ Affligem Municipality] Official site {{in lang|nl}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Affligem
|N  = [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
|E  = [[Asse]]
|SE = [[Ternat]]
|S  = [[Liedekerke]]
|SW = [[Denderleeuw]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
|W  = [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Flemish Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Flemish Brabant]]


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