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Genappe
Genappe
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Genappe
	Genappe Location in Belgium The municipality of Genappe in Walloon Brabant
	Coordinates: 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 - cdH
Area
• Total	90.35 km2 (34.88 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	15,353
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal codes	1470-1474, 1476
NIS code	25031
Area codes	067
Website	www.genappe.be

Genappe (French pronunciation: [ʒənap] ^ⓘ; Dutch: Genepiën, Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːˈneːpijə(n)] ^ⓘ; Walloon: Djinape) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

Demographics

As of 2023, the municipality of Genappe boasted a population of 14,266 ^[2] residents. Spanning a total area of 89.57km² , the region has a population density of 15,26 inhabitants per km².

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).^[3]

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.^[4]

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):^[5] - 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

References

^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "Population of Cities in Belgium 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
^ L. Bréhier, "Godfrey of Bouillon" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1909), citing Haigneré, Mémoires lus à la Sorbonne, Paris, 1868, 213
^ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
^ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.