Braine-le-Château
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Braine-le-Château is a Walloon municipality
located in the Belgian
province of Walloon Brabant
. On January 1, 2006 Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446. The total area is 22.70 km² which gives a population density
of 416 inhabitants per km².
Braine-le-Château is a medieval village in which remains many buildings from the Middle-Age.
Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (ca. 1200), the Maison du Bailli (ca. 1535).
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
province of Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut . Its capital is Wavre...
. On January 1, 2006 Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446. The total area is 22.70 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 416 inhabitants per km².
Braine-le-Château is a medieval village in which remains many buildings from the Middle-Age.
Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (ca. 1200), the Maison du Bailli (ca. 1535).
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