Sint-Agatha-Rode

<p>Sint-Agatha-Rode, named after the third-century Christian martyr Saint <a href="/facts/Agatha_of_Sicily/fhFEUzEg">Agatha of Sicily</a>, is a Dutch-speaking village in Belgian province of <a href="/facts/Flemish_Brabant/jvbp8SfG">Flemish Brabant</a> and lies within the district of the town of <a href="/facts/Huldenberg/Vq3mpSHE">Huldenberg</a>. Historically Sint-Agatha-Rode was an independent municipality (Gemeente) until the merger of Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it was joined to the town of Huldenberg.
</p><p>Sint-Agatha-Rode is located east of the town centre of Huldenberg, in the hills between the valleys of the river <a href="/facts/Dijle/VeKQLvEk">Dijle</a> which is the eastern boundary of the Huldenberg district and the river Laan which is the western boundary. North of the town center of Sint Agatha-Rode the Laan joins the Dyle. The eastern boundary of the village is the <a href="/facts/Language_barrier/Dx3Yzs3f">language barrier</a> with the <a href="/facts/Wallonia/rXg1nkTV">Walloon</a> villages of Nethen and <a href="/facts/Pecrot/asCaEoPt">Pecrot</a> and to the south is the Flemish village of <a href="/facts/Ottenburg/BUIzyC4y">Ottenburg</a>. Sint-Agatha-Rode has developed from being an agricultural village to become a rural residential town.
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