Genappe

Genappe
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Genappe Location in Belgium
The municipality of Genappe in Walloon Brabant
Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°ECoordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°E
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 km^2 (34.58 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	15,135
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Postal codes	1470-1474, 1476
Area codes	067
Website	www.genappe.be

Genappe is a Walloon municipality 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
• Vieux-Genappe
• Bousval
• Baisy-Thy
• Ways
• Houtain-le-Val
• Loupoigne
• Glabais

History

To be expanded

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.^[2]

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):^[3] - 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

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
2. Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
3. Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.

External links

• Media related to Genappe at Wikimedia Commons