Evere

Evere ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region . On 1 January 2006, the municipality had a total population of 33,462. The total area is 5.02 km2 which gives a population density of 6,668/km2 . In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual .

Evere's character was essentially rural until the end of the First World War. It was famous for its market gardeners, pioneers in the cultivation of chicory . It was also the centre of the history of aviation in Belgium between 1914 and 1945 welcoming, among others, on the neighboring town of Haren, the Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques and Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne . Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Evere airfield after his historic 1927 transatlantic flight to Paris. He was welcomed by a crowd of over 25,000.

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