Editing Opwijk

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Opwijk
|picture          = OpwijkGemeentehuisBldg1.jpg
|picture-legend   = Town hall of Opwijk, building 1
|map              = Opwijk Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Opwijk in Flemish Brabant
|arms             = Blason Opwijk.svg
|flag             = Flag of Opwijk.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Halle-Vilvoorde administrative Arrondissement|Halle-Vilvoorde]]
|nis              = 23060
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Inez De Coninck (N-VA)
|majority         = Open VLD, N-VA
|postal-codes     = 1745
|telephone-area   = 052, 02
|web              = [http://www.opwijk.be/ www.opwijk.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|58|N|04|11|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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'''Opwijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɔpʋɛik}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 690 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

[[Image:OpwijkGemeentehuisBldg2.jpg|none|thumb|220px|The town hall of Opwijk, building 2]]
[[Image:OpwijkChurch.jpg|none|thumb|220px|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 [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/212289 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 '[https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/134076 Temmershof]'. In 2007 most of the park was destroyed, except a few trees such as a big [[Aesculus|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 [[Tilia|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 [[Beech|beeches]] with two trees that fused together in a special way.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.opwijk.be Official website] - Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190325174025/http://www.heemkringopwijk.be/ Heemkring Opwijk-Mazenzele] - Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Opwijk
|N  = [[Buggenhout]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
|E  = [[Merchtem]]
|S  = [[Asse]]
|W  = [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
|NW = [[Lebbeke]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Flemish Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Flemish Brabant]]


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