Bron: Marnixplan.org
Rudi Janssens (VUB) is the author of the Brussels’ Taalbarometer studies, the main source of information about the linguistic situation in Brussels. In his new study (Taal en identiteit in de Rand, VUB Press, 2014, 123p.), he investigates the linguistic situation in what the Flemish government defined as the "Vlaamse Rand". This is an area that completely surrounds Brussels and hosts nearly 300.000 inhabitants. It includes the six communes with facilities for French speakers (Drogenbos, Kraainem, Linkebeek, St Genesius Rode, Wemmel, Wezembeek-Oppem) and thirteen adjacent ones, classified as job-supplying (Vilvoorde, Machelen, Zaventem to the North-East), residential (Tervuren, Hoeilaart, Overijse to the South-East), suburban (Dilbeek, St Pieters Leeuw, Beersel to the South-West) and semi-rural (Meise, Merchtem, Asse to the North-East).