Wavre

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Wavre
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Wavre (Walloon Brabant)
Wavre
Wavre
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Walloon Brabant
District : Nivelles
Coordinates : 50 ° 43 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  E
Area : 41.80 km²
Residents: 34,396 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 823 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 1300, 1301
Prefix: 010
Mayor: Françoise Pigeolet

Local government address : 		Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
1300 Wavre
Website: www.wavre.be
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Wavre ( Walloon Åve , Dutch Waver ) is a city in Belgium and the capital of the province of Walloon Brabant in the Wallonia region . It is 25 kilometers southeast of Brussels on the Brussels – Namur railway line and the A4 motorway from Brussels to Namur .

The area of ​​the city is 4228 hectares. The Alt-Wavre district has 2146 hectares, Limal 1124 hectares and Bierges 958 hectares. The city has 34,396 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). Wavre is the location of a large radio station for short and medium wave of the Belgian radio.

history

The city gained historical importance through the Battle of Wavre on June 18 and 19, 1815, in which French troops defeated the Prussian rearguard without preventing Napoleon's devastating defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which took place just a few kilometers away .

As part of a regional reform in 1977, the municipalities of Limal and Bierges were incorporated. Wavre has been the provincial capital since 1995, when the former province of Brabant was divided.

Culture and sights

History game

Since 1954, the game "Jeu de Jean et Alice" with song, music, dance and ballet has taken place about every five years . The idea for this came from Pastor Jean Pensis (February 8, 1907– March 27, 1987), who wanted an activity for the inauguration of the new carillon on Easter 1954. The text comes from his friend, the doctor and poet Auguste Brasseur-Capart (February 26, 1905– June 10, 1978), the music by Auguste Du Pont Del Sart (June 19, 1912– April 6, 1986). The performance ends with the Chant de Wavre (Song of Wavre), the refrain of which is also played on the hour by the carillon of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church:

«Nous aimons notre bonne ville, ses habitants, ses bois, ses champs,
La vallée, où coule tranqille, la Dyle.
De cœur, nous resterons toujours vrais Wavriens, car nous le sommes
Et la ville, où tout se transforme, peut changer, mais pas nos amours. »

“We love our beautiful city, its inhabitants, its forests, its fields,
the valley where the Dyle flows calmly.
In our hearts we always remain true Wavrians because we are
and the city, where everything changes, can change, but not our love. "

- Auguste Brasseur-Capart : Jeu de Jean et Alice. Wavre , 1987.

In terms of content, the aim is for the citizens of Wavres to ask their landlord , Seigneur Jean, and his wife, Dame Alice, for more freedom, to receive the desired certificate and to be happy and thankful. In fact, on April 23, 1222, Wavre received a charte de franchises signed by the Duke of Lorraine, Brabant and Limburg , in which Henry I of Brabant , Count of Leuven , granted the city the same rights as Leuven, allowing it a legal and to become political unity and B. owning a town hall.

Church buildings

To the north of the city is the former Templar and Johanniterkomturei Neuve-Court with a late Gothic chapel. In the northeast is the former priory church Basilica of Our Lady of Basse-Wavre .

leisure

The amusement park Walibi Belgium is located in Wavre .

Transmitter

In Wavre there is a transmission system of the Belgian broadcaster RTBF for VHF , DAB and DVB-T .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Wavre  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Wavre in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guy Otten, Dominique Pierre: Quarante ans de Jeu de Jean & Alice , Syndicat d'Initiative de Wavre 1991.