Schaarbeek

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Schaerbeek (French) or Schaarbeek (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. (Schaerbeek is actually just an old dutch spelling for Schaarbeek.)

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On 1 January 2005 the municipality had a total population of 110,375. The total area is 8.14 km² which gives a population density of 13,559.58 inhabitants per km².

Famous Belgian singer Jacques Brel was born in Schaarbeek.

Today, it is home to a powerful Turkish immigrant community (a significant part of which originates from Emirdağ, Turkey). It is also home to a large Moroccan population and other immigrant communities.

External links

• Official site of Schaerbeek municipality (only in French or Dutch)

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