Genappe


Genappe is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 Genappe had a total population of 14,136. The total area is 89.57 km² which gives a population density of 158 inhabitants per km².
Villages in the municipality of Genappe are:
To be expanded
Although his birthplace was probably Boulogne-sur-Mer, one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy, as the birthplace of Godfrey of Bouillon, the best-known leader of the First Crusade.

Postal history

The Genappe post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 48 with bars, and 145 with points before 1870. BOUSVAL opened on 8 April 1880.
Postal codes in 1969 :
- 1470 Genappe
- 1471 Loupoigne
- 1472 Vieux-Genappe
- 1473 Glabais
- 1474 Ways
- 1475 Baisy-Thy
- 1476 Houtain-le-Val
- 1488 Bousval.

Twinned cities