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Tervuren

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Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Tervuren (Flemish:; French: Tervueren [tɛʁvyʁœn]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren proper, Vossem and Moorsel. On 1 January 2006, Tervuren had a total population of 20,636.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersTervuren, Belgium1
  • Websitewww.tervuren.be
  • Legal formCities and municipalities1
  • LEI549300HHCJUEOWLI52593
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressMarkt 7A, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0207.525.4613

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Tervuren church A
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Tervuren (Flemish: [tɛrˈvyːrə(n)]; French: Tervueren [tɛʁvyʁœn]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren proper, Vossem and Moorsel. On 1 January 2006, Tervuren had a total population of 20,636. The total area is 32.92 km2 (12.71 sq mi), which gives a population density of 627/km2 (1,620/sq mi).2

The story

For centuries people thought that Tervuren was the same place as "Fura", where Saint Hubert (Hubertus) died in 727 AD. There is, however, no historical proof of this, and recent scholarship locates "Fura" in Voeren/Fourons, between Maastricht and Liège.

A document dating from 1213 AD proves the presence of Henry I, Duke of Brabant, possibly in a wooden fortification. This evolved into Tervuren castle, the residence of the dukes of Brabant in the 14th and 15th centuries. The castle was demolished in 1782 under Joseph II, who also demolished the Château Charles, the short-lived summer retreat of Charles of Lorraine. After 1815, the park of Tervuren was granted to William, the prince of Orange and son of the King of the United Netherlands, who constructed the Pavilion of Tervuren, which burned down in 1879.

Tram 44, which travels between Brussels (Montgomery) and Tervuren (and the Royal Museum for Central Africa) exists because of Leopold II's desire to bring visitors from around the world to his 1897 exhibition of the Congo Free State.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tervuren, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 1968Founded Tervuren is founded3

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