Grez-Doiceau
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Grez-Doiceau | |
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Coordinates: 50°44′N 04°42′E / 50.733°N 4.700°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Walloon Brabant |
Arrondissement | Nivelles |
Government | |
• Mayor | Paul Vandeleene |
• Governing party/ies | Ecolo Avec Vous DéFi Citoyens |
Area | |
• Total | 55.55 km2 (21.45 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 13,368 |
• Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 1390 |
NIS code | 25037 |
Area codes | 010 |
Website | www.grez-doiceau.be |
Grez-Doiceau (French pronunciation: [ɡʁe dwaso]; Walloon: Gré; Dutch: Graven, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣraːvən]) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is 55.44 km2 which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km2. Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of the Dyle.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Archennes, Biez, Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, and Nethen.
The Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve (1917–2013) died in Grez-Doiceau.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Grez-Doiceau at Wikimedia Commons