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Genappe (French pronunciation: [ʒənap] ooui-php-1; Dutch: Genepiën, Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːˈneːpijə(n)] ooui-php-2; Walloon: Djinape) is a municipality and citycite-ref-2[2] of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

• Demographics

• History

• Postal history

• Twinned cities

• See also

• References

• External links

As of 2023, the municipality of Genappe boasted a population of 14,266 residents.cite-ref-3[3] Spanning a total area of 89.57 km2 , the region has a population density of 15,26 inhabitants per km2.

Although his birthplace was probably Boulogne-sur-Mer, one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy (now Baisy-Thy in Genappe), as the birthplace of Godfrey of Bouillon, the best-known leader of the First Crusade (1096-1099).cite-ref-4[4]

The Genappe post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 48 with bars (before 1864), and 145 with points before 1870. BOUSVAL opened on 8 April 1880.cite-ref-5[5]

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):cite-ref-6[6] - 1470 Genappe - 1471 Loupoigne - 1472 Vieux-Genappe - 1473 Glabais - 1474 Ways - 1475 Baisy-Thy - 1476 Houtain-le-Val - 1488 Bousval.

• Narborough, United Kingdom

• Littlethorpe, United Kingdom

• Franklin, Louisiana, United States

• List of protected heritage sites in Genappe

cite-note-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v20-11. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt". www.ejustice.just.fgov.be (in Dutch). Belgian Official Gazette. 19 July 1985. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

cite-note-33. ↑ "Population of Cities in Belgium 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

cite-note-44. ↑ L. Bréhier, "Godfrey of Bouillon" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1909), citing Haigneré, Mémoires lus à la Sorbonne, Paris, 1868, 213

cite-note-55. ↑ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.

cite-note-66. ↑ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.

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