Genappe

Genappe
	Genappe
	Genappe
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Walloon Brabant
District :	Nivelles
Coordinates :	50 ° 37 ′ N , 4 ° 27 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ N , 4 ° 27 ′ E
Area :	89.57 km²
Residents:	15,427 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	172 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	1470, 1471, 1473, 1474, 1476
Prefix:	067
Mayor:	Gérard Couronné ( MR-IC )
; Local government address :	Espace 2000, 3 ; 1470 Genappe
Website:	www.genappe.be

Genappe Church

Genappe ( Walloon Djinape , Dutch Genepiën ) is a municipality in the French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium . It consists of the eight hamlets of Baisy-Thy, Bousval, Genappe, Glabais, Houtain-le-Val, Loupoigne, Vieux-Genappe and Ways .

history

18th June 1815, the day of the Battle of Waterloo , which fell Battalion of Fusiliers of the 15th Infantry Regiment under Lieutenant General Gneisenau in pursuit of in resolution contained French army at Genappe the recently from this abandoned Napoleonic state coach in the hands .

people

Anne de Beaujeu (1461–1522), eldest daughter of the French King Louis XI.
Lucien Jottrand (1804–1877), journalist and politician
Albert Desenfans (1845–1938), sculptor
Eugène Delporte (1882–1955), astronomer

Web links

Commons : Genappe - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Genappe in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian) - sources and full texts

Official website of Genappe (French)

Genappe town hall

Individual evidence

↑ For the capture of Napoleon's state car, the commander of the fusilier battalion, Major Keller, was awarded the order Pour le Mérite with oak leaves.

[1] For the capture of Napoleon's state car, the commander of the fusilier battalion, Major Keller, was awarded the order Pour le Mérite with oak leaves.