Sterrebeek is a town in the municipality (gemeente) of Zaventem

Zaventem

Zaventem is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Nossegem, Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Sterrebeek and Zaventem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zaventem had a total population of 28,651...

, and a suburb on the east-northeast side of Brussels

Brussels

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Brussels American School

Brussels American School

Brussels American School was opened in October 1967. It is located near Brussels, Belgium on a area in Sterrebeek, part of the municipality of Zaventem. The school serves as a DoDDS private school for all US military or diplomatic dependents. It celebrated its fortieth anniversary in late 2007...

 (the United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

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 school) is located in Sterrebeek.

The official language is Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 (as everywhere in Flanders

Flanders

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). Small local minorities consist of nationals from many European Union

European Union

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-countries, USA and Canada

Canada

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, and from French-speakers who came from Wallonia or Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

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