Genappe

Genappe (French pronunciation: [ʒənap] (listen); Dutch: Genepiën, Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːˈneːpijə(n)] (listen); Walloon: Djinape) is a city and municipality of Wallonia 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.

Genappe
Municipality
Flag of Genappe
Flag
Coat of arms of Genappe
Coat of arms
Location of Genappe
Genappe is located in Belgium
Genappe
Genappe
Location in Belgium
The municipality of Genappe in Walloon Brabant
Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceWalloon Brabant
ArrondissementNivelles
Government
 • MayorGérard Couronné (MR)
 • Governing party/iesMR - cdH
Area
 • Total90.35 km2 (34.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total15,353
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal codes
1470-1474, 1476
Area codes067
Websitewww.genappe.be

Villages in the municipality of Genappe are:

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).[2]

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.[3]

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):[4] - 1470 Genappe - 1471 Loupoigne - 1472 Vieux-Genappe - 1473 Glabais - 1474 Ways - 1475 Baisy-Thy - 1476 Houtain-le-Val - 1488 Bousval.

Twinned cities

See also

References
  1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. L. Bréhier, "Godfrey of Bouillon" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1909), citing Haigneré, Mémoires lus à la Sorbonne, Paris, 1868, 213
  3. Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
  4. Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
  • Media related to Genappe at Wikimedia Commons


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