Rixensart

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Rixensart
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region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-BW
arrondissement=Nivelles
nis=25091
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20-64=
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mayor=Jacques Vanderbecken (NAP)
majority=NAP, Ecolo, UC-PS
postal-codes=1330-1332
telephone-area=02
web= [http://www.rixensart.be/ www.rixensart.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=43
lon_deg=04
lon_min=32

Rixensart is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1 2006 Rixensart had a total population of 21,355. The total area is 17.54 km² which gives a population density of 1,217 inhabitants per km².

The formerly separate municipalities of Genval and Rosières now form part of Rixensart. Genval-les-Bains is a local beauty spot, a 100-year old lake with a fountain, and framed by trees, houses and restaurants.

Rixensart is served by two railway stations (at Rixensart and at Genval), connecting it with Brussels to the North and Louvain-la-Neuve to the South.

Rixensart is twinned with Birstall, Leicestershire.

ee also

* Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques (RIT)