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| name                    = Malmesbury
| native_name             = 
| image_skyline           = ((multiple image|total_width=270px|perrow=1/2/2/2|border=infobox
| image1                          = Malmesbury eve.jpg
| alt1                            = The Malmesbury skyline
| image2                          = Loedolff street.jpg
| alt2                            = The large [[Ficus macrophylla|Moreton Bay fig]] is a Champion Tree and one of the largest trees in South Africa.
| image3                          =Dutch Reformed Church 30.JPG
| alt3                            =The Dutch Reformed Church in Malmesbury
| image4                          =Malmesbury Museum.jpg
| alt4                            =The Malmesbury Museum.
| image5                          =1.Von Elgg Huis, front (a).jpg
| alt5                            = The Baron Von Elgg Victorian era home built in 1890, the town has a number of surviving Victorian era homes like this one.
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| image_caption           = Top, The Malmesbury skyline at dusk. Middle left, a view down Loedolff Street. Middle right, the Dutch Reformed Church in Malmesbury. Lower left, the Malmesbury Museum. Lower right, the Baron Von Elgg Victorian era home built in 1890, the town has a number of similar surviving Victorian era homes.
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
| coordinates             = ((coord|33|27|S|18|44|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title))
| subdivision_type        = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of South Africa|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Western Cape]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of South Africa|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[West Coast District Municipality|West Coast]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Municipalities of South Africa|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Swartland Local Municipality|Swartland]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1745<ref name=established>((cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii))</ref>
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = 
| leader_name             = 
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the following Main Places from Census 2011: [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/164014 Mount Royal Golf & Country Estate], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/164015 Wesbank], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/164016 Malmesbury], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/164017 Ilinge Lethu].</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 18.8
| population_footnotes    = <ref name=census2011 />
| population_total        = 35897
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 24.9%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 55.3%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 0.5%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 18.4%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 0.9%
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| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics2_title1    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info1     = 73.9%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| demographics2_info2     = 16.3%
| demographics2_title3    = [[English language|English]]
| demographics2_info3     = 3.8%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Sotho language|Sotho]]
| demographics2_info4     = 3.1%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 2.8%
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'''Malmesbury''' is a town of approximately 36,000 inhabitants in the [[Western Cape]] province of [[South Africa]], about 65&nbsp;km north of [[Cape Town]].

The town is the largest in the [[Swartland]] (‘black land’) which took its name from the [[Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis|renosterbos]] ('rhino bush'), an indigenous plant that turns black in the warm, dry summers. The area is especially known for its grain and wine cultivation as well as sheep and poultry farming.

Malmesbury was named after [[Sir Lowry Cole]]'s father-in-law, the [[James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury|Earl of Malmesbury]]. [[Settlers]] were encouraged to make their homes here because of a tepid sulphur chloride mineral spring that was renowned for curing [[rheumatism]]. The first farms were allocated in 1703.
When the fifth Dutch Reformed congregation in the Cape was established here, it became known as Zwartlands-kerk (Swartland Church) but was renamed Malmesbury in 1829. The town acquired municipal status in 1860. 

The town no longer attracts the ailing because this aspect was never developed by the local authority, and today a shopping centre is located on top of the site with only a decorative fountain marking the location of the original spring.

==Notable people from Malmesbury==
* [[McNeil Hendricks]]
* [[Maggie Laubser]]
* [[Pieter-Steph du Toit]]
* [[Johan du Toit]]
* [[:af:Dean Smith|Dean Smith]]
* [[Angelo Fabian Johnson]]
* [[Daclin Zégan Miller]]
* [[Lifa Sifile]]
* [[Marius van Heerden]]
* [[Hennie Smit]]

==Demographics==

In 1911 the Encyclopædia Britannica recorded the population of the town at 3,811,<ref>((cite EB1911|wstitle=Cape Colony|volume=05|short=x))</ref> however this may refer to a white population, as a census of 1849 recorded a total of 8,520 residents.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYsSAAAAYAAJ&dq=malmesbury+cape+of+good+hope+population&pg=PA31|title=Parliamentary Papers|publisher=Parliament. House of Commons|year=1852|volume=33|location=Great Britain|pages=31))</ref> The 1939 edition of the official statistical Year Book of South Africa records a total population of 4,856, with roughly half the population recorded as white (2,574) and half recorded as coloured (2,221).<ref>((Cite book|title=Official Year Book of the Union of South Africa|publisher=Union of South Africa|year=1939|location=Cape Town|pages=1044))</ref>

The following statistics describing Malmesbury are from the [[South African National Census of 2011|2011 census]].<ref name="census2011" />

* Area: ((convert|18.8|sqkm))
* Population: 35,897: ((convert|1909.3|PD/sqkm))
* Households: 9,473: ((convert|503.9|/sqkm))

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!Gender
!Population
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Male
| 18,016
| 50.2
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Female
| 17,880
| 49.8
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!Race
!Population
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Coloured]]
| 19,868
| 55.3
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Bantu peoples in South Africa|Black African]]
| 8,929
| 24.9
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[White South African|White]]
| 6,588
| 18.4
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Indian South African|Indian]] or [[Asian South African|Asian]]
| 192
| 0.5
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Other
| 319
| 0.9
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|-
![[First language]]
!Population
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Afrikaans]]
| 24,564
| 73.9
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[isiXhosa]]
| 5,433
| 16.3
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[English language|English]]
| 1,251
| 3.8
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Sesotho]]
| 1,044
| 3.1
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Setswana]]
| 148
| 0.4
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[South African Sign Language|Sign language]]
| 77
| 0.2
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[isiZulu]]
| 64
| 0.2
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Southern Ndebele language|isiNdebele]]
| 57
| 0.2
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Xitsonga]]
| 26
| 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Sepedi]]
| 22
| 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Tshivenda]]
| 21
| 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[siSwati]]
| 18
| 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Other
| 511
| 1.5
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''Not applicable''
| ''2,658''
|
|}

== Transport ==

=== Rail ===
Malmesbury lies on the main railway line between [[Kraaifontein]] and [[Bitterfontein]], and its  railway station marks the northern end of  [[Metrorail Western Cape|Metrorail Western Cape's]] [[commuter rail]] network. Metrorail currently operates services to [[Cape Town railway station|Cape Town]] via [[Kalbaskraal]], [[Klipheuwel]], [[Fisantekraal]] and [[Kraaifontein]] where the Malmesbury line joins the main [[Northern Line (Cape Town)|Northern Line]] to Cape Town.

=== Road ===
Malmesbury lies along the [[N7 (South Africa)|N7 highway]] “Cape Namibia Route” which bypasses the town centre to the west and leads north towards [[Moorreesburg]], [[Piketberg]], [[Springbok, South Africa|Springbok]] and [[Namibia]] and south towards [[Cape Town]]. The N7 intersects the R315 Bokomo Street, west of the town centre and the R45 interchange, north-west of the town centre.

Malmesbury is also has at the centre of three [[Regional routes (South Africa)|regional routes]] including the [[R45 (South Africa)|R45]] which passes through the town as “Voortrekker Road", “Loedolf Street” and “Piet Retief Street” from [[Paarl]] (south-east) to [[Vredenburg]] (north-west), the [[R302 (South Africa)|R302]] which passes through the town as “Voortrekker Road” from [[Durbanville]] (south), and the [[R315 (South Africa)|R315]] which passes through the town as “Bokomo Street” from [[Darling, South Africa|Darling]] (north-west). Voortrekker Road, designated as the R45 and R302 serves as Malmesbury's main street through the town. 

==Coats of arms==
'''Municipality''' — Malmesbury was a municipality in its own right from 1860 to 2000.  By 1931, the council had adopted an emblem depicting a plough in front of a sheaf of wheat, surrounded by a buckled strap inscribed ''Deo frumentoque vires''.  This device was depicted on a [http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Category:UTC_South_African_town_arms cigarette card] issued in 1931.

In 1963, the council assumed a coat of arms, designed by [[Cornelis Pama]].  It registered the arms with the Cape Provincial Administration in December 1963,<ref name=og1>Cape of Good Hope ''Official Gazette'' 3217 (20 December 1963).</ref> had them formally granted by the provincial administrator on 8 July 1966<ref name=og2>Cape of Good Hope ''Official Gazette'' 3354 (8 July 1966).</ref> and registered them at the [[Bureau of Heraldry]] in September 1969.<ref name=boh>[http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl National Archives of South Africa : Data of the Bureau of Heraldry]</ref>

The arms were : ''Per chevron Sable and Gules,  a  chevron  ermine between in chief two garbs and in base a sea-lion Or''.  In layman's terms : the shield was divided by an ermine chevron, the upper half displaying two golden sheaves of wheat on a black background and the lower half a golden heraldic sea-lion on a red background.  The sea-lion was evidently derived from the arms of [[Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff]], who established the church from which the town developed.

The crest was an upright spade between two rhenosterbos  branches, and the motto, once again, was ''Deo frumentoque vires''.

'''Divisional council''' — The Malmesbury divisional council, which administered the rural areas of the district outside the town, assumed a coat of arms, designed by [[Ivan Mitford-Barberton]], on 24 June 1958.<ref name=wca>Western Cape Archives : Swartland Divisional Council Coat of Arms (4/SWL 4/1/5).</ref>

The arms were : ''Per fess Sable and Azure, a fess wavy Gules fimbriated Argent between in chief an eagle displayed between two ears of wheat palewise Or and in base a sea-lion naiant per pale Or and Argent''.  In layman's terms : the shield was divided horizontally into black and blue and displayed, from top to bottom, a golden eagle between two sheaves of wheat, a red wavy stripe edged in silver, and a gold and silver heraldic sea-lion.

==Sport==

[[Mother City SkyDiving - Cape Town|Mother City SkyDiving]] operates out of a private airfield 12&nbsp;km to the north of Malmesbury and provides a service for experienced sport [[parachuting|skydivers]], and offers [[tandem skydiving|Tandem Introductory Skydiving]].<ref>[http://www.MotherCitySkyDiving.co.za Mother City SkyDiving website, retrieved 26 March 2018]</ref>

Malmesbury has a variety of Sports Facilities including a Golf, Rugby & Bowling Club. The international organisation [[Parkrun]] hosts a regular 5&nbsp;km run for anyone to join for free.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.parkrun.co.za/malmesbury/|title=Malmesbury parkrun ((!)) Malmesbury parkrun|website=www.parkrun.co.za|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-25))</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1745]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Swartland Local Municipality]]
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