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Grez-Doiceau

Coordinates: 50°44′N 04°42′E / 50.733°N 4.700°E / 50.733; 4.700
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Grez-Doiceau
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Grez-Doiceau is located in Belgium
Grez-Doiceau
Grez-Doiceau
Location in Belgium
The municipality of Grez-Doiceau in Walloon Brabant
Coordinates: 50°44′N 04°42′E / 50.733°N 4.700°E / 50.733; 4.700
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceWalloon Brabant
ArrondissementNivelles
Government
 • MayorPaul Vandeleene
 • Governing party/iesEcolo
Avec Vous
DéFi Citoyens
Area
 • Total55.55 km2 (21.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total13,368
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Postal codes
1390
NIS code
25037
Area codes010
Websitewww.grez-doiceau.be

Grez-Doiceau (French: [ɡʁe dwaso]; Walloon: Gré; Dutch: Graven [ˈɣraːvə(n)]) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is 55.44 km2 which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km2. Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of the Dyle.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Archennes, Biez, Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, and Nethen.

The Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve (1917–2013) died in Grez-Doiceau.

Altar of Saint George's church, Grez-Doiceau

References

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  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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