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Wallonia - Belgium

Walloon Brabant

Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut. Its capital is Wavre. It has an area of 1,093 km² and contains only one administrative district, the Arrondissement of Nivelles, with 27 municipalities.

Located at 50.6667, 4.58333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Walloon Brabant, Brabant, Divided regions, NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union, Walloon provinces

Walhain

Walhain is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Walloon Brabant. It consists of the former municipalities of Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin, Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert and Walhain-Saint-Paul. Walhain is locally famous because, although it is quite a little village, they have two successful national division sport teams. Firstly, they have a semi-professional football club, RFC Wallonia Walhain CG playing in the Promotion D, which is the 4th tier of Belgian football league.

Located at 50.6411, 4.66806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Populated places in Belgium, Municipalities of Walloon Brabant

Université catholique de Louvain

The Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve, with satellite campuses in Brussels, Charleroi, Mons and Tournai. It split from the Catholic University of Leuven (founded in 1834 in Mechlin under the name of Catholic University of Mechlin), Belgium's oldest university, in 1968, while the Dutch half of the university remained in Leuven under the name Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Located at 50.6696, 4.61226 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Education in Brussels, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Belgium, Engineering universities and colleges in Belgium, Pontifical Universities, Educational institutions established in 1834, Educational institutions established in 1968, Coimbra Group, Université catholique de Louvain, Forestry education, 1968 establishments in Belgium

Battle of Wavre

The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18–19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard under the command of General Johann von Thielmann and three corps of the French army under the command of Marshal Grouchy. A blocking action, this battle kept 33,000 French soldiers from reaching the battle at Waterloo. This battle helped the Allied forces defeat the French army there.

Located at 50.7167, 4.6 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Battles involving France, Battles involving Prussia, 1815 in France, Hundred Days

Gentinnes

Gentinnes is a small Belgian village in the province of Walloon Brabant, part of the municipality Chastre.

Located at 50.5833, 4.6 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Villages in Belgium

Houssière

The Houssière is a little river in the provinces of Namur and Walloon Brabant in Belgium, left tributary of the Orne. Its source lies between Gentinnes and Sombreffe. It traverses Villeroux and Hévillers, and flows into the Orne at Mont-Saint-Guibert.

Located at 50.6146, 4.60812 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of Belgium

Wavre transmitter

The Wavre radio transmitter is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM and TV broadcasting near Wavre in Belgium. For the mediumwave transmissions it uses a grounded 250-metre high guyed mast. Furthermore there is a backup mast for medium wave transmissions, which is 90 metres high. For shortwave broadcasting several directional antennas and a curtain antenna are used. The towers are two of the tallest structures in Belgium.

Located at 50.7428, 4.5841 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Radio masts, Buildings and structures in Walloon Brabant

Pécrot rail crash

The Pécrot rail crash was a rail accident in the village of Pécrot (adjoining the village of Sint-Agatha-Rode), Belgium, that occurred on 27 March 2001 when two passenger trains collided head-on. The rail crash was Belgium's worst train disaster in a quarter century.

Located at 50.7833, 4.65 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Railway accidents in 2001, Railway accidents in Belgium, 2001 in Belgium, Flemish Brabant

Province of Brabant

South Brabant was a province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 until 1830, distinguishing it from North Brabant and Central Brabant. Upon Belgium's independence, it was renamed simply Brabant and remained a province of the new Kingdom of Belgium until 1995, when it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region.

Located at 50.7833, 4.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Former provinces of Belgium, History of Belgium, Brabant

Gembloux Abbey

Gembloux Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near the town of Gembloux in the province of Namur, Belgium.

Located at 50.5623, 4.69488 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Christian monasteries in Belgium, Benedictine monasteries in Belgium, 940s establishments, Buildings and structures in Namur (province), Neoclassical architecture in Belgium

Louvain School of Management

The Louvain School of Management (LSM, formerly IAG) is a business school accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). It is the Faculty of Management of the Université catholique de Louvain, in Belgium and the Belgian member of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS).

Located at 50.6683, 4.61244 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Business schools in Belgium, Universities in Belgium, Educational institutions established in 1897

Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin

Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin is a former municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. In 1976 it became part of the municipality of Walhain. The villages of Nil-Saint-Vincent and Nil-Saint-Martin were merged in 1812. 'Nil' is the name of a small river, along whose valley the various areas of settlement (Nil-Pierreux, Nil-Saint-Vincent, Nil-Saint-Martin) lie.

Located at 50.6411, 4.66806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Villages in Belgium, Villages in Walloon Brabant

Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

The Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, in Gembloux, Wallonia, Belgium, is a university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French. The university is housed in the historical Abbey of Gembloux, which dates from the tenth century. In 2009, it was merged with the University of Liège and was renamed to Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT).

Located at 50.5623, 4.696 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Universities in Belgium, Forestry education

Vaalbeek

Vaalbeek is part of Oud-Heverlee in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The municipality further comprises the villages of Blanden, Haasrode, Oud-Heverlee proper and Sint-Joris-Weert. On 1 January 2006, Vaalbeek had a total population of 363.

Located at 50.8167, 4.68333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Villages in Flemish Brabant

Heverlee Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Heverlee War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the Second World War located in Heverlee, Belgium. The Heverlee War Cemetery was established in 1946 and contains 977 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, twenty-nine First World War burials relocated to the cemetery, and twelve non-Commonwealth graves.

Located at 50.8479, 4.7034 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leuven, Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium, Canadian military memorials and cemeteries, 1946 establishments in Belgium, History of Leuven, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant

Haasrode Research-Park

The Haasrode Research-Park business and research park in Heverlee is just outside the Brussels periphery. Divided in a research and science park and a trade park it houses an important variety of industries. Companies are attracted to the nearby presence of the international renowned Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), the international research centre Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre and one of the largest hospitals in the country [Gasthuisberg Gasthuisberg].

Located at 50.8484, 4.71805 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Science parks in Belgium, Flanders

Centre d'Etudes des Crises et Conflits Internationaux

The CECRI (Centre d'Etude des Crises et Conflits Internationaux) is a research centre at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Its central aim is to provide analyses and to conduct academic research on contemporary international crises and conflicts. It currently hosts 19 research members, plus associates, and the current head is Prof. Amine Ait-Chaalal.

Located at 50.6677, 4.61177 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Research institutes in Belgium, Political research institutes, Université catholique de Louvain

Blanmont Castle

Blanmont Castle (Château de Blanmont) is a castle in Blanmont in the municipality of Chastre, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The present buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries, on an older site.

Located at 50.62, 4.638 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Castles in Belgium, Castles in Walloon Brabant

Bonlez Castle

Bonlez Castle is a castle in Bonlez in the municipality of Chaumont-Gistoux, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Located at 50.709, 4.695 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Castles in Belgium, Castles in Walloon Brabant

Opprebais Castle

Opprebais Castle is a 13th century fortified farmhouse (château-ferme) in Opprebais in the municipality of Incourt, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Located at 50.682, 4.796 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Castles in Belgium, Castles in Walloon Brabant

Stade Justin Peeters

Located at 50.7203, 4.61861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Football venues in Belgium

Sint-Agatha-Rode

Sint-Agatha-Rode named after the third century Christian martyr Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Dutch-speaking village in Belgian province of Flemish Brabant and lies within the district of the town of Huldenberg. Historically Sint-Agatha-Rode was an independent municipality (Gemeente) until the merger of Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it was joined to the town of Huldenberg.

Located at 50.7833, 4.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Villages in Flemish Brabant, Villages in Belgium

Battle of Gembloux (1940)

The Battle of Gembloux (or Battle of the Gembloux Gap) was a battle fought between French and German forces in May 1940 during the Second World War. On 10 May 1940, Nazi Germany's armed forces, the Wehrmacht, invaded Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Belgium under the operational plan Fall Gelb (Case Yellow). The Allied Armies attempted to halt the German Army in Belgium, believing it to be the main German thrust.

Located at 50.6, 4.666 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Tank battles, Battle of France, Battles of World War II involving France, Battles of World War II involving Germany, 1940 in Belgium

Laboratory for the Analysis of Organisational Communication Systems

LASCO is the Laboratory for the Analysis of Organizational Communication Systems located in Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. The LASCO was created in February 2000 as part of the Communication Department of the Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known as UCL. Its founders were Pierre de Saint-Georges, Axel Gryspeerdt and Vincent Defourny. The LASCO is currently chaired by Thierry Libaert.

Located at 50.6685, 4.6123 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Public relations, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Belgium, Université catholique de Louvain, Communication, Organizational theory

Meerdaal

Located at 50.8047, 4.69603 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Forests of Belgium, Geography of Flemish Brabant, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant