Haren, Belgium

Haren (Dutch and French, sometimes written Haeren in French) is an old municipality of Brussels in Belgium, that was merged into the municipality of the City of Brussels in 1921. It is an outlying part of the municipality of the city and is situated at the north-eastern edge of the Brussels Capital Region. In contrast to most of Brussels, Haren has maintained nearly as many Dutch-speakers as French-speakers and has preserved a somewhat rural appearance.

The church of St Elizabeth in the centre of Haren

Pronunciation
  • Dutch: [ˈɦaːrən] (listen)
  • French [aˈʁɛn]

Sites

Haren has three railway stations, Buda (formerly called Haren-Buda) on line 25 between Brussels and Antwerp, Haren (formerly called Haren-Linde) on line 26 between Halle and Vilvoorde, and Haren Zuid/Sud on the line 36 Brussels–Leuven. The marshalling yard of the National Railway Company of Belgium, sometimes referred to as "Schaarbeek Vorming", is largely located on the territory of Haren municipality.

Haren's postal code is 1130.

Haren is host to the headquarters of NATO, EUROCONTROL, as well as those of many large international companies.

The first Brussels airport was also located in Haren, between 1914 and the early 1950s. The site, which was later used by the Belgian Air Force, serves since 2018 as the new NATO HQ, previously located 20 kilometers South. The current Brussels Airport site is located several kilometres to the east.

Between 1932 and 1997 Haren was the location of a Renault automobile factory, which in 1969, for the first time, produced more than 100,000 cars in a single year. At that time it was concentrating on the assembly of Renault 4 and Renault 6 models, mostly for sale in Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia.[1] Renault also assembled AMC's Rambler automobiles there for sale in European markets.[2]

Haren Prison opened in 2022; it is a prison village occupying a 15-hectare-size (37-acre) site, with a designed capacity of 1,190 persons.[3] It was partly built on the site of the derelict Wanson factory,[4] and partly on a nature reserve.[5]

References
  1. "News and Views: Renault in Belgium". Autocar. 133 (nbr3855): 32. 1 January 1970.
  2. Billeter, Vera (1965). Logoz, Arthur (ed.). "The American Motors Story". Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition). Zürich, Switzerland: Verlag International Automobile Parade. IX: 17.
  3. Sanen, Sielke (20 October 2021). "De nieuwe gevangenis van Haren in cijfers: 15 hectare groot, 1,2 km muur en plaats voor 1.190 gedetineerden" [The new Haren prison in numbers: 15 hectares in area, 1.2 km of walls and space for 1,190 prisoners]. VRT (broadcaster) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
  4. Delforge, Guy (8 September 2015). "Voormalige Wansonsite gesaneerd" [Former Wanson site cleaned up]. Made In (in Dutch).
  5. Bastin, Olivier (18 June 2014), BMa / man of thoughts (PDF), Brussels-capital region, pp. 136–139, However, the people living in Haren are less than elated to see a "super-prison" inserted into their village. The Haren locals have been subjected to all sorts of large-scale projects for years, and the arrival of the prison means the destruction of a nature reserve and walking path to Diegem.

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