Genappe

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Genappe is a historic municipality in central Belgium’s Walloon Brabant province, known for its rural character and proximity to key Napoleonic battle sites.

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Genappe canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
coordinateLocation 50.611°N 4.452°E
country Belgium
countrySubdivisionType municipality of Belgium
crossedBy Dyle River
hasCulturalHeritage churches and chapels
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
rural tourism
hasHeritage historic town center
rural farmsteads
hasLandscape rolling farmland
wooded areas
hasLocalExecutive mayor of Genappe
hasLocalGovernment municipal council of Genappe
hasMunicipalStatusSince 19th century
hasPopulationCharacteristic sparsely populated countryside
hasRuralCharacter true
hasSettlementType town
hasTransport regional bus services
historicalEvent Napoleonic Wars movements in June 1815
historicalRegion Brabant
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Central Belgium
linked to: Wallonia

Wallonia
Walloon Brabant
locatedInTimeZoneRegion Europe/Brussels
locatedNear Ligny battlefield
Nivelles
Quatre Bras battlefield
linked to: Quatre Bras

Waterloo
Waterloo battlefield
locatedSouthOf Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
officialLanguage French
partOf Arrondissement of Nivelles
postalCode 1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
province Walloon Brabant
region Wallonia
roadConnection N5 road (Brussels–Charleroi)
timeZone CEST
CET
usesDaylightSavingTime true

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Arrondissement of Nivelles containsMunicipality Genappe
subject linked to: arrondissement of Nivelles
Lasne near Genappe
Quatre Bras locatedNear Genappe
Condroz containsSettlement Genappe
Baisy-Thy partOf Genappe