Zellik is an urbanised town with over 8,000 inhabitants in the municipality of Asse

Asse

Asse is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Asse proper, Bekkerzeel, Kobbegem, Mollem, Relegem and Zellik. On January 1, 2006 Asse had a total population of 29,191...

, in the province of Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...

, Belgium

Belgium

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. As a suburb on the northwest edge of Brussels

Brussels

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, it is separated from the rest of the agglomeration by the R0 ring road around the city. It is close to the municipalities of Jette

Jette

Jette is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Dutch-speaking university of Brussels has built its hospital and medical campus in Jette, while its other buildings are in the so-called Etterbeek campus actually...

, Ganshoren

Ganshoren

Ganshoren is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1, 2006 the municipality had a total population of 20,970. The total area is 2.46 km² which gives a population density of 8,541 inhabitants per km².-Pronunciation:* French: * Dutch:...

 and Sint-Agatha-Berchem

Sint-Agatha-Berchem

Sint-Agatha-Berchem or Berchem-Sainte-Agathe is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The municipality had a total population of 20,078 on 1 January 2006...

, which lie to the east.

The official language is Dutch

Dutch language

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 (as everywhere in Flanders

Flanders

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). Zellik is home to a minority of French

French language

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-speakers.