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Grez-Doiceau

Coordinates:50°44′N04°42′E/ 50.733°N 4.700°E/50.733; 4.700
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Grez-Doiceau
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Grez-Doiceau is located in Belgium
Grez-Doiceau
Grez-Doiceau
Location in Belgium
The municipality of Grez-Doiceau in Walloon Brabant
Coordinates:50°44′N04°42′E/ 50.733°N 4.700°E/50.733; 4.700
CountryBelgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceWalloon Brabant
ArrondissementNivelles
Government
• MayorPaul Vandeleene
• Governing party/iesEcolo
Avec Vous
DéFi Citoyens
Area
• Total55.55 km2(21.45 sq mi)
Population
(2018-01-01)[1]
• Total13,368
• Density240/km2(620/sq mi)
Postal codes
1390
NIS code
25037
Area codes010
Websitewww.grez-doiceau.be

Grez-Doiceau(French pronunciation:[ɡʁedwaso];Walloon:Gré;Dutch:Graven,Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɣraːvən]) is amunicipalityofWallonialocated in theBelgianprovince ofWalloon Brabant.On January 1, 2006, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is 55.44 km2which gives apopulation densityof 224 inhabitants per km2.Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of theDyle.

The municipality consists of the followingdistricts:Archennes, Biez, Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, and Nethen.

The Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve (1917–2013) died in Grez-Doiceau.

Altar ofSaint George's church, Grez-Doiceau

References

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  1. ^"Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018".Statbel.Retrieved9 March2019.
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