Forest, Belgium

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Forest is a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, known for its industrial activity and automotive manufacturing history.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Forest, Belgium canonical 3
Forest, Brussels 1
Forest-Est / Vorst-Oost 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
sub-municipality of Brussels
borders Anderlecht
Drogenbos
Ixelles
Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Uccle
contains Abbey of Forest
Audi Brussels plant
Duden Park
Forest National concert hall
Forest Park
Wiels contemporary art centre
country Belgium
elevation approximately 50–100 metres above sea level
governmentType municipal council
hasArea about 6 square kilometres
hasHeritage medieval abbey remains
hasINSEECode 21006
hasMayor Mariem Meziani
hasPostalCode 1190
hasRailwayStation Forest-East railway station
Forest-South railway station
hasTwinTown Alfortville, France
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surface form: Tétouan, Morocco
historicallyHosted Volkswagen Forest plant
knownFor automotive manufacturing history
industrial activity
localNameDutch Vorst
localNameFrench Forest
locatedIn Brussels metropolitan area
Brussels-Capital Region
Senne valley
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedSouthOf Brussels, Belgium
surface form: City of Brussels
mayorParty Ecolo
officialLanguage Dutch
French
partOf Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital
surface form: Brussels-Capital Region municipalities
population over 50,000 inhabitants
regionCode BE-BRU
servedBy Brussels public transport network
surface form: Brussels bus network

Brussels tram system
surface form: Brussels tram network
usesDaylightSavingTime yes
vehicleRegistrationCode B

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Citroën CX assemblyLocation Forest, Belgium
Citroën Traction Avant assemblyLocation Forest, Belgium
Brussels railway stations hasStation Forest, Belgium
this entity surface form: Forest-Est / Vorst-Oost
Brussels railway stations hasStation Forest, Belgium
this entity surface form: Forest-Midi / Vorst-Zuid
Traction assemblyLocation Forest, Belgium
subject surface form: Citroën Traction Avant
Jean Delville placeOfDeath Forest, Belgium
this entity surface form: Forest, Brussels