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Genappe
Genappe
	Municipality
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	; ; ; ; Genappe; ; ; Location in Belgium; ; The municipality of Genappe in Walloon Brabant; ; ; ; ;
	Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°E / 50.600; 4.450Coordinates: 50°36′N 04°27′E / 50.600°N 4.450°E / 50.600; 4.450;
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement	Nivelles
Government ;
• Mayor	Gérard Couronné (MR)
• Governing party/ies	; MR-IC
Area ;
• Total	89.57 km2 (34.58 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017);
• Total	15,334
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal codes	1470-1474, 1476
Area codes	067
Website	www.genappe.be

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Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Genappe is a Walloon municipality 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.

Villages in the municipality of Genappe are:

Genappe

Vieux-Genappe

Bousval

Baisy-Thy

Ways

Houtain-le-Val

Loupoigne

Glabais

History

To be expanded

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.