Waterloo
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Summary
Waterloo is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Waterloo ranks in the top 0.54% of municipality of belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,487 views/month, #3 of 558).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Nivelles[3]
- Country: Belgium[4]
- Head of government: Florence Reuter[5]
- Capital: Waterloo[6]
- Official language: French[7]
- Shares border with: Sint-Genesius-Rode[8], Braine-l'Alleud[9], Lasne[10], Beersel[11]
- Flag: flag of Waterloo[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Rambouillet[13], Nagakute[14], Differdange[15], Korntal-Münchingen[16]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Waterloo[17]
- Postal code: 1410[18]
- Part of: Emergency zone Walloon Brabant[19], Police Zone Waterloo[20]
- Commons category: Waterloo (Belgium)[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22]
- Local dialing code: 02[23]
- Significant event: Battle of Waterloo[24]
- Official website: https://www.waterloo.be[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Waterloo, Belgium[26]
- Commons gallery: Waterloo, Belgium[27]
- Email address: mailto:administration@waterloo.be[28]
- Population: 29,959[29], 30,174[30], 31,375[31]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Waterloo[32]
- Phone number: +32-2-352-98-11[33]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[34], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[35], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
- Official name: Waterloo[40]
- Legal form: Cities and municipalities[41]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Waterloo include Battle of Waterloo[42], a battle[43], in United Kingdom of the Netherlands[44]; University of Waterloo[45], a public research university[46], in Canada[47], founded in 1956[48], headquartered in Waterloo[49]; and Chaussée de Waterloo - Waterloosesteenweg[50], a chaussee[51], in Belgium[52].
Why It Matters
Waterloo has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Waterloo is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Waterloo include Battle of Waterloo[42], a battle[43], in United Kingdom of the Netherlands[44]; University of Waterloo[45], a public research university[46], in Canada[47], founded in 1956[48], headquartered in Waterloo[49]; and Chaussée de Waterloo - Waterloosesteenweg[50], a chaussee[51], in Belgium[52].