Genappe (; nl, Genepiën, ; wa, Djinape) is a city and
municipality of
Wallonia located in the
Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 Genappe had a total population of 14,136. The total area is 89.57 km
2 which gives a
population density of 158 inhabitants per km
2.
Villages in the municipality of Genappe are:
* Genappe
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Vieux-Genappe
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Bousval
Bousval ( wa, Bouzvå) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Genappe, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Bousval is on the bank of the River Dyle
The Dyle (french: Dyle ; nl, Dijle ) is a river in central ...
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Baisy-Thy
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Ways
Way may refer to:
Paths
* a road, route, path or pathway, including long-distance paths.
* a straight rail or track on a machine tool, (such as that on the bed of a lathe) on which part of the machine slides
* Ways, large slipway in shipbuilding ...
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Houtain-le-Val
Houtain-le-Val Castle (french: Château de Houtain-le-Val) is a château in Houtain-le-Val, Wallonia, in the municipality of Genappe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
The first castle on the site is believed to have been built by Walter de Holton, firs ...
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Loupoigne
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Glabais
History
Although his birthplace was probably
Boulogne-sur-Mer, one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy (now Baisy-Thy in Genappe), as the birthplace of
Godfrey of Bouillon, the best-known leader of the
First Crusade (1096-1099).
Postal history
The Genappe post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 48 with bars (before 1864), and 145 with points before 1870. BOUSVAL opened on 8 April 1880.
Postal codes in 1969 (before the
merger of municipalities in 1977):
[Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.]
- 1470 Genappe
- 1471 Loupoigne
- 1472 Vieux-Genappe
- 1473 Glabais
- 1474 Ways
- 1475 Baisy-Thy
- 1476 Houtain-le-Val
- 1488 Bousval.
Twinned cities
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Narborough, United Kingdom
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Littlethorpe, United Kingdom
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Franklin, Louisiana
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, United States
See also
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List of protected heritage sites in Genappe
References
External links
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Cities in Wallonia
Municipalities of Walloon Brabant
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