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Evere
Evere
; Flag	; Coat of arms
Evere municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region
	; Evere Location in Belgium
Sovereign state	Belgium
Region	Brussels-Capital Region
Community	French Community; Flemish Community
Arrondissement	Brussels
Coordinates	50°52′0″N 04°24′0″E / 50.866667°N 4.4°ECoordinates: 50°52′0″N 04°24′0″E / 50.866667°N 4.4°E
Area	5.02 km²
Population; – Males; – Females; – Density	33,462 (2006-01-01); 46.42%; 53.58%; 6668 inhab./km²
Unemployment rate	17.0% (1 January 2006)
Mean annual income	€11,702/pers. (2003)
Postal codes	1140
Area codes	02
Website	www.evere.be

Evere is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1, 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 inhabitants per km².

[edit] Pronunciation

Dutch: [ˈeːvərə] ( listen)
French: [eˈvɛːʁ]

[edit] Sites

Schaarbeek Cemetery, despite being named after the neighbouring municipality of Schaarbeek, is in Evere.

In September 2008 a former windmill in Evere, originally built in 1841, was opened as the 'Brussels Mill and Food Museum' (Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l’Alimentation).^[1]

Evere is served by Evere railway station on line 26 (which goes from Halle to Vilvoorde). Bordet railway station, on the same line, is also in the municipality.

The headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are not located in Evere but in Haren (part of Brussels city).

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.