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Durbanville is a town located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It forms a part of the greater City of Cape Town metropolitan area. Situated on the northern outskirts of the metropolis, it's a residential suburb. There are a number of farms around which produce wine and wheat. Durbanville was originally called Pampoenkraal. It is derived from Afrikaans words pampoen which means pumpkin and kraal which means corral, an enclosure for livestock.

In its earliest days, a bunch of farmers approached Lord Charles Somerset who was the governor of the Cape Colony at that time and submitted the request to build their own church in 1825. The church came into existence in 1825 and got inaugurated in 1826. There grew a small village around. For sometime, it was called D'Urban and later named as Durbanville so that there's no confusion between Durban and D'Urban.

Since 1870s, Durbanville had its set of court house, jail and magistrate. It went on to become the Magisterial District of Bellville. Built in 1850, the court house building still exists albeit in some different form in the Rust-en-Vrede. In 1897, a village management board came into existence and municipality got established in 1901. John King was the first elected mayor.

It was in the 19th century that the village saw quick development. Local wagon industry came up. At one point in time, The King Brothers Wagon Works used to be South Africa's most massive wagon works. Around the end of the century, 200 men from the village alone got employed here.

Durbanville has people speaking two principal languages- Afrikaans and English. Culturally, Afrikaans remained dominant for some time but it changed with the development of the town. However, Afrikaans is the first language of 59% of the people till date. There's a most Christian population in the town.

The Durbanville nature reserve is a place if you want to go out there and picnic. There's a local craft market that assembles on the first Saturday every month. It is organized at the Cape Dutch complex going back all the way to 1850. At present, there is a coffee shop, a clay museum and a gallery that has art creations of contemporary artists.

Overall, if it's your first trip to Durbanville, you might want to keep some important landmarks in mind like Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville Rose Garden, Altydgedacht etc.

Ipic Aurora Shopping Centre, Ipic Aurora Shopping Centre, Graanendal Shopping Centre, Cobble Walk Shopping Centre etc. are popular shopping centres. Cobble Walk Shopping Centre, RocoMamas Durbanville, Cattle Baron offer multi-cuisine delicious food.

Curro School Durbanville, Curro Castle Durbanville, Fairmont High School are a few of the well known educational institutions in the region.

Durbanville has a number of suburban Areas such Alphen Rise (Residential), Amanda Glen (Residential), Aurora (Residential), Aurora Estate (Residential), Avalon Estate (Residential), Avenue Heights (Residential), Bergsig (Residential), Brentwood Park (Residential), Cherrywood Estate (Residential), Durban Villas (Residential) etc.

In all, Durbanville is a delightful place to stay. You can explore various avenues depending on your taste. Since it is located in a strategic manner, it connects you to the most of the important places around.

Suburbs In This Area

Average Sale Price for Apartment
	All	1 Bed	2 Beds	3 Beds
Durbanville Central	R 1 698 885	R 1 407 079	R 1 665 180	R 2 838 188
Morningstar	-	-	-	-
Wellway Park	-	-	-	-
Schoongezicht	R 1 225 000	-	R 1 225 000	-
Bergsig	-	-	-	-
Vierlanden	-	-	-	-
Meerenbosch	-	-	-	-
Valmary Park	-	-	-	-
Brentwood Park	R 950 000	-	R 950 000	-
Goedemoed	R 1 299 211	-	R 1 299 211	-
D'urbanvale	R 1 275 000	-	R 1 275 000	-
Nerina	-	-	-	-
The Crest	-	-	-	-
Tara	-	-	-	-
Durmonte	R 985 000	-	R 985 000	-
Aurora	-	-	-	-
Durbanville Meadows	R 1 456 165	R 1 103 428	R 1 474 312	R 2 321 600
Vergesig	-	-	-	-
Sonstraal	R 1 095 000	-	R 1 095 000	-
Graanendal	-	-	-	-