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Country
  
Belgium

Region
  
Flemish Region

Arrondissement
  
Leuven

Area
  
39.64 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 8:51 AM

Community
  
Flemish Community

Province
  
Flemish Brabant

Postal codes
  
3040

Postal code
  
3040

Population
  
9,261 (1 Jan 2007)

Huldenberg

Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 97% Humidity

Huldenberg ( [ˈɦɵldə(m)bɛrx]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns and villages of Huldenberg proper, Loonbeek, Neerijse, Ottenburg and Sint-Agatha-Rode. On January 1, 2011, Huldenberg had a total population of 9,464. The total area is 39.64 km² which gives a population density of 230 inhabitants per km².

Map of 3040 Huldenberg, Belgium

It is the seat of the Belgian branch of the House of Limburg-Stirum.

It has a football club called VK Huldenberg, which was created from a fusion of the clubs FC Huldenberg and VK Rode.

Every Tuesday there is a market from 8h - 13h. This market is located at the Gemeenteplein, near town hall.

In early 1944, Mary Churchill, daughter of the British prime minister, was a member of a British all-women anti-aircraft battery 481 that was stationed at Huldenberg for three months. She was entertained by the then burgomaster of Huldenberg, Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and his wife Marie, née Princess of Croÿ. She found the local people very friendly and helpful and also noted ("somewhat priggishly" she admitted) "...the flouting by all of and sundry of whatever regulations existed here, and the wide-spread use of the flourishing 'black market'. This had been regarded as almost a 'patriotic duty' during the occupation, but it was still going on now - apparently unrestrained."

References

Huldenberg Wikipedia