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Forest
In Dutch: Vorst
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Forest through time
- Residents
- 56,581in 2020
- Area
- 6.3 km²
- Density
- 9,000 per km²
Population and area: Wikidata, read on 1 October 2026.
When the commune was built
- before 14002
- 1400 – 159918
- 1600 – 169942
- 1700 – 1799112
- 1800 – 1849110
- 1850 – 187971
- 1880 – 19131,468
- 1914 – 19443,077
- 1945 – 19692,465
- 1970 – 19891,886
- 1990 – 2009562
- since 20101
9,814 of today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction: outside the heritage inventory, the date is when the district was built up, not the exact age of each building.
A few dates
- 1105Forest Abbey
- 1919Joseph Marien Stadium
- 1936Church of St. Augustine
- 1938Forest Municipal Hall
- 1970Forest National
creation or opening, according to Wikidata.
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