Genappe
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Municipality | |||
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Genappe Location in Belgium
The municipality of Genappe in Walloon Brabant | |||
Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°ECoordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°E | |||
Country | Belgium | ||
Community | French Community | ||
Region | Wallonia | ||
Province | Walloon Brabant | ||
Arrondissement | Nivelles | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Gérard Couronné (MR) | ||
• Governing party/ies | MR-IC | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 89.57 km2 (34.58 sq mi) | ||
Population (1 January 2017)[1] | |||
• Total | 15,334 | ||
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) | ||
Postal codes | 1470-1474, 1476 | ||
Area codes | 067 | ||
Website | www.genappe.be |
Genappe is a Walloon municipality 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 km² which gives a population density of 158 inhabitants per km².
Villages in the municipality of Genappe are:
- Genappe
- Vieux-Genappe
- Bousval
- Baisy-Thy
- Ways
- Houtain-le-Val
- Loupoigne
- Glabais
History
To be expanded
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).[2]
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.[3]
Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):[4] - 1470 Genappe - 1471 Loupoigne - 1472 Vieux-Genappe - 1473 Glabais - 1474 Ways - 1475 Baisy-Thy - 1476 Houtain-le-Val - 1488 Bousval.
Twinned cities
- Narborough, United Kingdom
- Littlethorpe, United Kingdom
- Franklin, Louisiana, United States
See also
References
- ↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)
- ↑ L. Bréhier, "Godfrey of Bouillon" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1909), citing Haigneré, Mémoires lus à la Sorbonne, Paris, 1868, 213
- ↑ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
- ↑ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
External links
Media related to Genappe at Wikimedia Commons