Strombeek-Bever

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Strombeek-Bever
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Strombeek-Bever
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°55′N4°21′E / 50.91°N 4.35°E / 50.91; 4.35
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Region Flag of Flanders.svg Flemish Region
Province Flag of Flemish Brabant.svg Flemish Brabant
Population
  Total11,500

Strombeek-Bever is a town with approximately 11,500 inhabitants in the municipality of Grimbergen, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. A suburb on the north side of Brussels, it is separated from Grimbergen proper by the R0 ring road around the city. It borders the Mutsaard neighbourhood of Laeken (within Brussels) to the south and the municipality of Vilvoorde to the east.

The official language of Strombeek-Bever is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. There is a substantial minority of French-speakers.


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