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unusual facts about Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde



2007–11 Belgian political crisis

On 24 April 2010, the government of Yves Leterme (who had replaced Van Rompuy again when Van Rompuy became President of the European Council) fell over the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde issue.

Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery

The arrondissement was created in 1963, when the bilingual Arrondissement of Brussels was split up into three administrative arrondissements: the bilingual Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, the unilingual Dutch-speaking Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde and a peculiar arrondissement that officially didn't have a name, but was commonly referred to as Brussels-Periphery, and which comprised the six municipalities with language facilities around Brussels.

Bart Laeremans

Bart Laeremans (Ghent, 17 April 1966 - ) is since 21 May 1995 member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Vlaams Belang for the constituency Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The call back show will take place on 16 February 2014 at the Videohouse in Vilvoorde where eight artists that were selected during the casting will have another opportunity to audition.

Three semi-finals will take place on 23 February 2014, 2 March 2014 and 9 March 2014 at the Videohouse in Vilvoorde where the twelve artists will present their potential Eurovision songs.

BHV

Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, a former Belgian electoral and judicial district

Delta station

The main railway station, located within the same complex, encompasses two platforms and is served by the suburban services of NMBS/SNCB line 26 linking Vilvoorde with Halle via Etterbeek.

Gilles-Barnabé Guimard

As also Dewez had fallen into disfavor - officially due to shortcomings in his designs for the Vilvoorde prison - they choose for new architects to work in their service such as Charles de Wailly and Louis Montoyer.

Olivier Maingain

In the 2007 elections Maingain received 45,439 votes in the electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.

Political parties in Flanders

As the name suggests, its primary target are the French-speaking inhabitants of Flemish Brabant and particularly those who live in Halle-Vilvoorde and the predominantly French-speaking municipalities with linguistic facilities near the Brussels-Capital Region.


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