Dijle
| Dijle | ||
 The Dijle near Mechelen |
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| location | Belgium : Provinces of Walloon Brabant , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp | |
| River system | Scheldt | |
| Drain over | Rupel → Schelde → North Sea | |
| source | At Houtain-le-Val 50 ° 34 ′ 19 ″ N , 4 ° 25 ′ 3 ″ E |
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| muzzle | At Rumst with the Nete in the Rupel coordinates: 51 ° 4 '25 " N , 4 ° 25' 12" E 51 ° 4 '25 " N , 4 ° 25' 12" E
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| length | 86 km | |
| Medium-sized cities | Ottignies , Wavre , Löwen , Mechelen | |
The Dijle ( Dutch ) or Dyle ( French , also the earlier Dutch spelling) or Tîle ( Walloon ) is a Belgian river that flows through the provinces of Walloon Brabant , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp . It rises near Houtain-le-Val , a sub-municipality of the Walloon-Brabant city of Genappe on the southern border of the former province of Brabant and flows through the cities of Ottignies , Wavre , Leuven and Mechelen . After 86 km it joins the Nete zur Rupel near Rumst .
On the Dijle, Arnulf of Carinthia defeated “the great army” of the Vikings in 891. These then withdrew in 892.
During the unification of Belgium with France from 1797 to 1814 , there was a Département Dyle with Brussels as its capital. Its area largely corresponded to that of the later Belgian province of Brabant.
The " KW Line " ran along the Dijle , a defensive position that was built between September 1939 and May 1940 on the German side , similar to the Siegfried Line . A number of fortifications have been preserved to this day.
