Wavre
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Summary
Wavre is a Belgian municipality with the title of city[1]. Wavre draws 959 Wikipedia views per month (belgian municipality with the title of city category, ranking #15 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Local Government Organization of the Year[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Nivelles[4]
- Country: Belgium[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Dyle / Dijle[6]
- Head of government: Benoît Thoreau[7]
- Instance of: municipality of Belgium[8]
- Capital: Wavre[9]
- Official language: French[10]
- Shares border with: Huldenberg[11], Rixensart[12]
- Flag: flag of Wavre[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Hénin-Beaumont[14]
- Postal code: 1300[15], 1301[16]
- Part of: Emergency zone Walloon Brabant[17], Police Zone Wavre[18]
- Commons category: Wavre[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20]
- Local dialing code: 010[21]
- Official website: https://www.wavre.be/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wavre[23]
- Email address: mailto:info@wavre.be[24]
- Population: 34,305[25]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Wavre[26]
- Phone number: +32-10-23-03-11[27]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Topographia Circuli Burgundici[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33]
- Capital of: Walloon Brabant[34]
- Contains settlement: Limal[35], Bierges[36], Angoussart[37]
Body
Identity
Wavre's official name is recorded as Wavre[38].
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Wavre include Walibi Belgium[39], an amusement park[40], in Belgium[41], founded in 1975[42] and KW Line[43], a defense line[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1939[46].
Why It Matters
Wavre has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Wavre is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Wavre include Walibi Belgium[39], an amusement park[40], in Belgium[41], founded in 1975[42] and KW Line[43], a defense line[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1939[46].
FAQs
What awards did Wavre receive?
Honors received include Local Government Organization of the Year[3].