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{{Short description|Distinct region of Belgium}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}
The '''Pajottenland''' ({{IPA|nl|paːˈjɔtə(n)ˌlɑnt}}; in [[English language|English]] occasionally '''Payottenland''') is a distinct region within the [[Flemish Brabant]] province and the south-western part of the [[Brussels-Capital Region]] of [[Belgium]]. The Pajottenland is predominantly farmland, with occasional gently rolling hills, and lies mostly between the rivers [[Dender]] and [[Senne (river)|Zenne/Senne]]. The area has historically provided food and drink for the citizens of Brussels, especially [[Lambic]] beers, which are only produced there and in the Zenne valley where Brussels is.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

==Geography==
[[File:Pajottenland.png|thumb|Townships of the Pajottenland, (Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium): Red. Pink: depending on the sources may or may not belong to the Pajottenland.]]
The Pajottenland is generally understood to cover the following municipalities and [[submunicipality|submunicipalities]]:
*[[Affligem]]: [[Essene (Belgium)|Essene]], [[Hekelgem]] and [[Teralfene]] 
*[[Asse]]: Asse, [[Bekkerzeel]], [[Kobbegem]], [[Mollem]], [[Relegem]] and [[Zellik]]
*[[Bever, Belgium|Bever]]
*[[Dilbeek]]: Dilbeek, [[Itterbeek]] (with [[Sint-Anna-Pede]]), [[Schepdaal]] (with [[Sint-Gertrudis-Pede]]), [[Sint-Martens-Bodegem]], [[Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle]], [[Groot-Bijgaarden]]
*[[Galmaarden]]: Galmaarden, [[Tollembeek]], [[Vollezele]]
*[[Gooik]]: Gooik (with Strijland), Kester, [[Leerbeek]], [[Oetingen]]
*[[Herne, Belgium|Herne]]: Herne (with [[Kokejane]]), [[Herfelingen]], [[Sint-Pieters-Kapelle]]
*[[Lennik]]: [[Gaasbeek]], Sint-Kwintens-Lennik (with [[Eizeringen]]), Sint-Martens-Lennik
*[[Liedekerke]]
*[[Pepingen]]: Pepingen, [[Beert]], [[Bellingen (België)|Bellingen]], [[Bogaarden]], [[Elingen]], [[Heikruis]]
*[[Roosdaal]]: Pamel (with Ledeberg), [[Borchtlombeek]], [[Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek]], Strijtem, Kattem
*[[Sint-Pieters-Leeuw]]: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Oudenaken, [[Ruisbroek (Vlaams-Brabant)|Ruisbroek]], [[Sint-Laureins-Berchem]], [[Vlezenbeek]]
*[[Ternat]]: Ternat, [[Sint-Katherina-Lombeek]], [[Wambeek]]

According to a lawyer named De Gronckel who first described it, the Pajottenland also includes [[Liedekerke]] and the [[Ninove]] [[deelgemeente]]n Neigem and Lieferinge. The rural part of [[Anderlecht]], particularly in earlier times before it became a municipality of the [[Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels Region]], may also be included.

The tourist area marketed under the name ''Pajottenland en Zennevallei'' (Pajottenland and [[Senne (river)|Zenne]] valley) also includes the municipalities [[Beersel]], [[Drogenbos]], [[Halle, Belgium|Halle]], [[Linkebeek]], [[Sint-Genesius-Rode]], which are clustered around the Zenne valley to the south-west of the main Pajottenland region.
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File:Gooik - Kester.jpg|Landscape in [[Gooik]]
File:Decam 01.jpg|Lambic, Kriek and Gueuze De Cam, Gooik
File:Galmaarden_-_Congobergstraat_-_Brabantse_Trekpaarden.jpg|Brabant draft horses
File:Sint-Anna-Pede - Sint-Annakerk - 01.JPG|Little church in [[Sint-Anna-Pede]] ([[Dilbeek]])
File:Притча о слепых.jpeg|''[[The Blind Leading the Blind]]'', [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], 1568
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium]]

==References==
* Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Joris Pattyn, Lambicland, {{ISBN|0-9547789-0-1}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.pajottenland.be The Pajottenland], official ''Pajottenland & Zennevallei'' tourist site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090115081538/http://home.scarlet.be/pajottenland/eng/indexeng.htm The Pajottenland]

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[[Category:Geography of Flemish Brabant]]
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