Editing Hoeilaart

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Hoeilaart
|picture          = HoeilaartGemeentehuis.jpg
|picture-legend   = Hoeilaart Town Hall
|map              = Hoeilaart Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Hoeilaart in Flemish Brabant
|arms             = Blason Hoeilaart.svg
|flag             = Hoeilaartvlag.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Halle-Vilvoorde administrative Arrondissement|Halle-Vilvoorde]]
|nis              = 23033
|pyramid-date     =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = {{Interlanguage link multi|Tim Vandenput|nl}} ([[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open VLD]])
|majority         = [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open VLD]], PRO Hoeilaart
|postal-codes     = 1560
|telephone-area   = 02
|web              = [http://www.hoeilaart.be/ www.hoeilaart.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|46|N|04|28|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Hoeilaart''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦuilaːrt}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] in the province of [[Flemish Brabant]], [[Belgium]]. The name Hoeilaart is of [[Gauls|Gallic]]-[[Celtic languages|Celtic]] origin, coming from "Ho-Lar," meaning a high clearing in the woods. Residents are called Hoeilanders or Doenders.  The municipality only comprises the town of Hoeilaart proper. On January 1, 2019, Hoeilaart had a total population of 11,325. The total area is 20.43&nbsp;km² which gives a [[population density]] of 493 inhabitants per km².  Hoeilaart also sometimes called "The Glass Village" because of the greenhouse grape cultivation that once took place.

The official language is [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. Local minorities consist of nationals from many [[European Union]] countries, [[United States|USA]] and [[Canada]], and numerous French-speakers. 38.1% in 2004 according to the birth statistics of the ONEM agency. 41.6% speak Dutch; the rest speak foreign languages.

==Attractions==
*Forest Museum Jan van Ruusbroec (in the [[Sonian Forest]])
*Neo-Romanesque Church dating from 1870–1874
*Kasteel de Man (town hall)
*"Serristenvillas" from the 1920s
*Smeyberghoeve
*The old millhouse of the [[Groenendael Priory]]

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Image:Hoeilaart station - 10.JPG|Old tram station of Hoeilaart with [[The Adventures of Nero|Nero]] statue
</gallery>

== Notable people ==
* [[Jan van Ruusbroec]] (1291–1381), one of the greatest mystics of the southern Netherlands.
* [[Armand Pien]], weather forecaster on Flemish TV
* [[Marc Sleen]], [[Franco-Belgian comics|comics]] artist, author of [[The Adventures of Nero|Nero]]
* {{Interlanguage link multi|Jaak Pijpen|nl}}, lawyer, politician
* [[Walter Baele]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190616153900/https://www.hoeilaart.be/ Official website] - Only available in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hoeilaart
|N  = [[Watermael-Boitsfort]] ([[Brussels-Capital Region|BRU]])
|E  = [[Overijse]]
|S  = [[La Hulpe]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]])
|SW = [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]])
|W  = [[Sint-Genesius-Rode]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Flemish Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Flemish Brabant]]


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