Genappe

Genappe
Municipality
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Genappe Location in Belgium show The municipality of Genappe in Walloon Brabant
Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°E / 50.600; 4.450Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°E / 50.600; 4.450
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  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	15,353
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal codes	1470-1474, 1476
Area codes	067
Website	www.genappe.be

Genappe (Walloon: 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 km² which gives a population density of 158 inhabitants per km².

Villages in the municipality of Genappe are:

• Genappe
• Bousval

• Houtain-le-Val

History[]

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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[]

• List of protected heritage sites in Genappe

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Genappe at Wikimedia Commons

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