Evere

Evere
Evere town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Evere Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°52′N 04°24′E
Country	Belgium
Region	Brussels
Community	Flemish Community French Community
Arrondissement	Brussels
Government
• Mayor	Rudi Vervoort (PS)
Area
• Total	5.02 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)
• Total	35,803
• Density	7,100/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Postal codes	1140
Area codes	02
Website	www.evere.be
Map of Evere

Evere is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1, 2006 the municipality had a total population of 33,462. The total area is 5.02 km² which gives a population density of 6,668 inhabitants per km².

Pronunciation

• French: [eˈvɛːʁ]
• Dutch: [ˈeːvərə] ( listen)

Sites

Brussels Cemetery, is partly in Evere and partly in the municipality of Zaventem in Flemish Brabant.

In September 2008 a former windmill in Evere, originally built in 1841, was opened as the 'Brussels Mill and Food Museum' (Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l’Alimentation).

Evere is served by Evere railway station on line 26 (which goes from Halle to Vilvoorde). Bordet railway station, on the same line, is also in the municipality.

The headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are located in Evere and in Haren (part of Brussels city).

Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Evere airfield after his historic 1927 transatlantic flight to Paris. He was welcomed by a crowd of over 25,000.

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  Evere Mill

External links

• Official web site (in French or Dutch only)