La Hulpe

La Hulpe
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of La Hulpe
La Hulpe Location in Belgium The municipality of La Hulpe in Walloon Brabant
Coordinates: 50°44′N 04°29′E / 50.733°N 4.483°E / 50.733; 4.483
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement	Nivelles
Government
• Mayor	Christophe Dister
• Governing party/ies	Liste du Bourgmestre
Area
• Total	15.52 km2 (5.99 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	7,320
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Postal codes	1310
NIS code	25050
Area codes	02
Website	www.lahulpe.be

La Hulpe (French pronunciation: [la ylp] ^ⓘ; Dutch: Terhulpen, French pronunciation: [tɛrˈɦʏlpə(n)] ^ⓘ; Walloon: L’ Elpe) is a municipality of Wallonia in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, 20 km south-east of the centre of Brussels, but only about 3 km from the edge of the Brussels-Capital Region. On January 1, 2007, La Hulpe had a total population of 7,309. The total area is 15.60 km², including 3 km² of the Sonian Forest; this gives a population density of 463 inhabitants per km².

La Hulpe still keeps two hamlets, Gaillemarde in the west and Malaise-Bakenbos in the east. The limits of the latter hamlet and of other parts of La Hulpe were modified when the linguistic border (between French and Dutch) was fixed in 1963.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication's (SWIFT) headquarters are located in La Hulpe.