Grez-Doiceau
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Municipality in French Community, Belgium
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Location of Grez-Doiceau | |
Grez-Doiceau is located in Belgium Grez-Doiceau Grez-Doiceau | |
| Coordinates: 50°44′N 04°42′E / 50.733°N 4.700°E / 50.733; 4.700 | |
| Country | Belgium |
| 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年01月01日)[1] | |
• Total | 13,368 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1390 |
| NIS code | 25037 |
| Area codes | 010 |
| Website | www.grez-doiceau.be |
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Grez-Doiceau (French: [ɡʁedwaso] ; Walloon: Gré; Dutch: Graven [ˈɣraːvə(n)] ) 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.
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
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