Anderlecht (bel)

Anderlecht

Anderlecht ranks 4,686th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Colonia del Sacramento, Gardena, California, and London Borough of Lambeth. Memorable people born in Anderlecht include Philippe Thys, Jean Claessens, and Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Memorable people who died in Anderlecht include Philippe Thys, Ferdinand Adams, and Maurice Carême. Anderlecht has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many cyclists, and soccer players. Anderlecht is located in Belgium.

Anderlecht is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Dilbeek and Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). Read more on Wikipedia