sentences:  Today it falls within the Swartland Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality.Moorreesburg was named after J.C. le Febre Moorrees (1807–1885), minister of the Swartland congregation of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk from 1833 to 1881.According to the 2011 census, Moorreesburg has a population of 12,877 people in 3,698 households.