Machelen

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Machelen
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-VB
arrondissement=Halle-Vilvoorde
nis=23047
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20-64=
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mayor=Jean-Pierre De Groef (sp.a)
majority=sp.a, VLD, Spirit
postal-codes=1830, 1831
telephone-area=02
web= [http://www.machelen.be/ www.machelen.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=55
lon_deg=04
lon_min=26

Machelen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Diegem and Machelen proper. On January 1 2006 Machelen had a total population of 12,500. The total area is 11.59 km² which gives a population density of 1,078 inhabitants per km².

Machelen may have been the birthplace of composer Cypriano de Rore.

External links

* [http://www.machelen.be Official website ] - Only available in Dutch