title: Rixensart
text: # Rixensart
  
  Rixensart (French pronunciation: (listen); Walloon: Ricsinsåt) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2018, Rixensart had a total population of 22,401. The total area is 17.54 $km^2$ which gives a population density of 1,277 inhabitants per $km^2.$
  
  The municipality consists of the following former municipalities, now districts: Rixensart, Rosières, and Genval. 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 home to the beautiful private-owned Château de Rixensart.
  
  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. The new arrival of the Brussels RER, will improve both train stations and upgrade the number of trains going from Brussels to Namur to 4 per hour. This will also bring more people to the municipality to live. The municipality is now classified as a commuter town due to its proximity to Brussels, the RER and the E411 Motorway.
  
  ## Localities
  
  * Lake Genval
  * Bourgeois is a village located above the valley of the Lasne. It has a church and several small schools.
  * Maubroux is a village has a number of small shops, a church and is located near Genval railway station.
  * Le Patch
  * Froidmont is an old farmhouse, which was until 2010 was a Dominican convent and was garrisoned during the Battle of Waterloo
  * Le Glain is a village with a grammar school and a library.
  * Genval is a village
  
  ## Sports
  
  Rixensart is home to Royale Union Rixensartoise football club, founded in 2008 from the merger of three teams. Swimming Club Rixensart is a swimming club. Since September 2017, Rixensart also has his Ultimate Frisbee Team which shows great results in national divisions, trusting the first division in the last years.
  
  ## Twin towns
  
  Rixensart is twinned with:
  
  * Birstall, Leicestershire, England
  * Le Touquet, France
  * Winterberg, Germany
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Château du Héron, town hall since 1977
  * Château de Rixensart
  * Genval
  