Genappe
Genappe (LL- (fra)-Manestra-Genappe.wav; Genepiën, Nl-Genepiën.ogg; Djinape) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.
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Key facts
• Name — Genappe • Type — city • Arrondissement — Nivelles • Nis — 25031 • Mayor — Gérard Couronné (MR) • Majority — MR - cdH • Postal Code — 1470-1474, 1476 • Area Code — 067 • Website — www.genappe.be
Demographics
Demographics
As of 2023, the municipality of Genappe boasted a population of 14,266 residents. Spanning a total area of 89.57 km 2, the region has a population density of 15,26 inhabitants per km 2.
History
History
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).
Notable people
Notable people
• Alfred Cogniaux (1841–1916), botanist, died in Genappe
Postal history
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. Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977): - 1470 Genappe - 1471 Loupoigne - 1472 Vieux-Genappe - 1473 Glabais - 1474 Ways - 1475 Baisy-Thy - 1476 Houtain-le-Val - 1488 Bousval.
Twinned cities
Twinned cities
• Narborough, United Kingdom • Littlethorpe, United Kingdom • Franklin, Louisiana, United States
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- 1.Belgian Official Gazette. Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt. www.ejustice.just.fgov.be. 19 July 1985.
- 2.Population of Cities in Belgium 2023. worldpopulationreview.com.
- 3.L. Bréhier, "Godfrey of Bouillon" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1909), citing Haigneré, Mémoires lus à la Sorbonne, Paris, 1868, 213
- 4.Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
- 5.Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
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