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Also known as Wavres, Waver, the City of the Maca

Wavre (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

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Wavre is a city in the southern Belgian region of Wallonia and serves as the capital of the province of Walloon Brabant. It matters primarily because of its administrative role as the provincial capital of this region.

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Key facts

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Wavre
Belgium municipality.namenl
Waver
Belgium municipality.type
city
Belgium municipality.picture
Wavre - Saint-Jean-Baptiste - vue d'ensemble.JPG
Belgium municipality.picture legend
The church of St John the Baptist in Wavre
Belgium municipality.map
Wavre Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend
Location of Wavre in Walloon Brabant
Belgium municipality.arms
CommunesBelgique-Wavre.svg
Belgium municipality.flag
Flag of Wavre.svg
Belgium municipality.arrondissement
Nivelles
Belgium municipality.nis
25112
Belgium municipality.mayor
Anne Masson (La Liste du Bourgmestre; "Mayor's List," LB)
Belgium municipality.majority
LB-PS-DéFI
Belgium municipality.postal codes
1300, 1301
Belgium municipality.telephone area
010
Belgium municipality.web
www.wavre.be

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Official website

Ville de Wavre

Site web officiel de la Ville de Wavre, capitale du Brabant wallon. Retrouvez toute l’actualité, l’agenda Culture & Loisirs, les grands projets en cours, les démarches administratives et l’e-guichet.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Wavre
Demonym
Wavrien
Country
Belgium
Official language
French
Population
34305
Area
41.80
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Body of water
Dyle / Dijle
Capital of
Walloon Brabant
Shares border with
Rixensart
Official website
www.wavre.be
Image
Wavre - Saint-Jean-Baptiste - vue d'ensemble.JPG
Dialing code
010
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contains settlement
Limal
category for people born here
Category:Births in Wavre
Commons category
Wavre
topic's main category
Category:Wavre
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Wavre
category of associated people
Category:People from Wavre
postal code
1301
annual number of weddings
100
nickname
the City of the Maca
phone number
+32-10-23-03-11
native label
Wavre
twinned administrative body
Hénin-Beaumont
email address
mailto:[email protected]
P13200
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Antiquity and Middle Ages
  • 16th- to 18th-century disasters
  • From Waterloo until now
  • Attractions
  • Folklore
  • Climate
  • Infrastructure
  • Sports
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Wavre (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Wavre is in the Dyle valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and "Wavriennes".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wavre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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