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, 2005 Zaventem had a total population of 28,526. The total area is 27.62 km² which gives a population density of 1,032.66 inhabitants per km².

The Brussels International Airport is located in this municipality as is the United States Department of Defense school.

The official language is Flemish (Dutch) (as everywhere in Flanders). Small local minorities consist of nationals from many European Union-countries, USA and Canada, and from French-speakers that came from Wallonia or Brussels.

An old name of the municipality is Saventhem.