Editing Holsbeek

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Holsbeek
|picture          = 43618 Sint Jozef kapel Sint Pieters Rode.jpg
|picture-legend   = The chapel of Saint Joseph, near Sint-Pieters-Rode, Holsbeek
|map              = Holsbeek Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Holsbeek in Flemish Brabant
|arms             = Blason Holsbeek.svg
|flag             = Flag of Holsbeek.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Leuven administrative Arrondissement|Leuven]]
|nis              = 24043
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Bram Van Baelen (CD&V)
|majority         = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]], [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|OpenVld]], [[Groen (political party)|Groen]]
|postal-codes     = 3220, 3221
|telephone-area   = 016
|web              = [http://www.holsbeek.be/ www.holsbeek.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|55|N|04|46|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Holsbeek''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɔlzbeːk}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Flemish Brabant]]. The municipality comprises the towns of Holsbeek proper, {{Interlanguage link multi|Kortrijk-Dutsel|nl}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Nieuwrode|nl}} and {{Interlanguage link multi|Sint-Pieters-Rode|nl}}. On January 1, 2006, Holsbeek had a total population of 9,205. The total area is 38.50&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 239 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

A notable landmark in Holsbeek is the medieval [[castle]] of Horst,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holsbeek |first=Horststraat 28 3220 |date=2015-05-29 |title=Kasteeldomein van Horst |url=https://www.natuurenbos.be/horst |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos |language=nl}}</ref> which is the fictional home of [[De Rode Ridder|de rode ridder]] (the red knight).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Holsbeek Gazetteer Entry]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Holsbeek
|N  = [[Aarschot]]
|E  = [[Tielt-Winge]]
|S  = [[Lubbeek]]
|W  = [[Leuven]]
|NW = [[Rotselaar]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Flemish Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Flemish Brabant]]


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