Kraainem

Kraainem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkraːinɛm] ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Kraainem proper. On January 1, 2006, Kraainem had a total population of 13,150. The total area is 5.80 km2 (2.24 sq mi), which gives a population density of 2,266/km2 (5,870/sq mi). A suburb of Brussels, it directly borders the Stockel/Stokkel and Kapelleveld neighbourhoods (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality) within the city, and was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery. Kraainem is a municipality with language facilities in Flanders, where the sole official language is Dutch. In 1954, however, special linguistic facilities were granted to local French speakers, who were then still a minority. They can request official documents from the local administration in French. Today, a majority of the inhabitants are French-speaking.