Haren, Belgium

Haren (French: [aˈʁɛn], Dutch: [ˈɦaːrən] ⓘ, sometimes written Haeren in French) is a former municipality of Brussels, Belgium, that was merged into the City of Brussels in 1921. It is an outlying part of the municipality and is situated at the north-eastern edge of the Brussels-Capital Region. Haren's postal code is 1130.

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Church of St. Elizabeth in the centre of Haren
Church of St. Elizabeth in the centre of Haren
Haren is located in Brussels
Haren
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Location within Brussels
Haren is located in Belgium
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Haren
Haren (Belgium)
Coordinates: 50°53′31″N 4°25′6″E
Country Belgium
RegionBrussels-Capital Region
MunicipalityCity of Brussels

In contrast to most of Brussels, Haren has maintained nearly as many Dutch-speakers as French-speakers and has preserved a somewhat rural appearance.

Main sites

Haren is host to the headquarters of NATO, EUROCONTROL, as well as those of many large international companies.

Brussels' first airport was also located in Haren between 1914 and the early 1950s. The site, which was later used by the Belgian Air Force, serves since 2018 as NATO's new headquarters, previously located south of the Boulevard Léopold III/Leopold III-laan. The current Brussels Airport site is located several kilometres to the east.

Between 1932 and 1997, Haren was the location of a Renault automobile factory, which in 1969, for the first time, produced more than 100,000 cars in a single year. At that time, it was concentrating on the assembly of Renault 4 and Renault 6 models, mostly for sale in Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia.[1] Renault also assembled AMC's Rambler automobiles there for sale in European markets.[2]

Haren Prison opened in 2022; it is a prison village occupying a 15-hectare-size (37-acre) site, with a designed capacity of 1,190 persons.[3] It was partly built on the site of the derelict Wanson factory,[4] and partly on a nature reserve.[5]

Transport

Haren has three railway stations: Buda (formerly called Haren-Buda) on line 25 between Brussels and Antwerp, Haren (formerly called Haren-Linde) on line 26 between Halle and Vilvoorde, and Haren-South on line 36 between Brussels and Leuven. The marshalling yard of the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS), sometimes referred to as Schaarbeek Vorming, is largely located on the territory of Haren.

See also

References

Notes
  1. "News and Views: Renault in Belgium". Autocar. 133 (nbr3855): 32. 1 January 1970.
  2. Billeter, Vera (1965). Logoz, Arthur (ed.). "The American Motors Story". Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition). Zürich, Switzerland: Verlag International Automobile Parade. IX: 17.
  3. Sanen, Sielke (20 October 2021). "De nieuwe gevangenis van Haren in cijfers: 15 hectare groot, 1,2 km muur en plaats voor 1.190 gedetineerden" [The new Haren prison in numbers: 15 hectares in area, 1.2 km of walls and space for 1,190 prisoners]. VRT (broadcaster) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
  4. Delforge, Guy (8 September 2015). "Voormalige Wansonsite gesaneerd" [Former Wanson site cleaned up]. Made In (in Dutch).
  5. Bastin, Olivier (18 June 2014), BMa / man of thoughts (PDF), Brussels-capital region, pp. 136–139, However, the people living in Haren are less than elated to see a "super-prison" inserted into their village. The Haren locals have been subjected to all sorts of large-scale projects for years, and the arrival of the prison means the destruction of a nature reserve and walking path to Diegem.
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