Editing Rixensart

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Rixensart
|picture          = Objectif Rixensart © Objectif Rixensart.JPG
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Rixensart Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = The municipality of Rixensart in Walloon Brabant
|arms             = CommunesBelgique-Rixensart.svg
|flag             = Rixensart vlag.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Nivelles|Nivelles]]
|nis              = 25091
|pyramid-date     =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Patricia Lebon (NAP-[[Reformist Movement|MR]])
|majority         = NAP-[[Reformist Movement|MR]] - Solidarix
|postal-codes     = 1330-1332
|telephone-area   = 02
|web              = [http://www.rixensart.be/ www.rixensart.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|43|N|04|32|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Rixensart''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁiksɑ̃saʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-Rixensart.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Ricsinsåt}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Walloon Brabant]]. On January 1, 2018, Rixensart had a total population of 22,401. The total area is 17.54&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 1,277 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following former municipalities, now [[deelgemeente|districts]]: Rixensart, Rosières and Genval. Genval-les-Bains is a local beauty spot, a 100-year-old lake with a fountain, and framed by trees, houses and restaurants. Rixensart is home to the beautiful private-owned [[Château de Rixensart]].

Rixensart is served by two railway stations (at Rixensart and at [[Genval railway station|Genval]]), connecting it with [[Brussels]] to the north and [[Louvain-la-Neuve]] to the south. The new arrival of the [[Brussels RER]], will improve both train stations and upgrade the number of trains going from Brussels to Namur to 4 per hour. This will also bring more people to the municipality to live. The municipality is now classified as a commuter town due to its proximity to Brussels, the RER and the [[A4 motorway (Belgium)|E411 Motorway]].

==Localities==
* [[Lake Genval]]
* [[Bourgeois, Belgium|Bourgeois]] is a village located above the valley of the [[Lasne (river)|Lasne]]. It has a church and several small schools.
* [[Maubroux]] is a village has a number of small shops, a church and is located near [[Genval railway station]].
* Le Patch
* Froidmont is an old farmhouse, which was until 2010 was a Dominican convent and was garrisoned during the [[Battle of Waterloo]]
* [[Le Glain]] is a village with a [[grammar school]] and a [[library]].
* [[Genval]] is a village

==Sports==
Rixensart is home to Royale Union Rixensartoise football club, founded in 2008 from the merger of three teams.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historique – RUR|url=https://www.ru-rixensart.be/le-club/historique/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Royale Union Rixensartoise|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
Swimming Club Rixensart is a swimming club.
Since September 2017, Rixensart also has his Ultimate Frisbee Team which shows great results in national divisions, trusting the first division in the last years.

==Twin towns==
Rixensart is twinned with:
* [[Birstall, Leicestershire]], England
* [[Le Touquet]], France
* [[Winterberg]], Germany

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Belgique - Rixensart - Château du Héron - 01.jpg|Château du Héron, town hall since 1977
File:Château de Rixensart - Château vu depuis la cour - 01.jpg|Château de Rixensart
Genval, straatzicht met église Saint-Pierre de Genval foto5 2011-09-24 12.47.jpg|Genval
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques]] (RIT)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{expand French|topic=geo|Rixensart|date=July 2021}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Rixensart
|N  = [[Overijse]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
|E  = [[Wavre]]
|S  = [[Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve]]
|SW = [[Lasne]]
|NW = [[La Hulpe]]
}}
{{Walloon Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Walloon Brabant]]