Grez-Doiceau
Municipality in French Community, Belgium
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Location of Grez-Doiceau
Grez-Doiceau
Location in Belgium 
The municipality of Grez-Doiceau in Walloon Brabant
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Grez-Doiceau (French pronunciation: [ɡʁe dwaso]; Walloon: Gré; Dutch: Graven, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣraːvən]) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is 55.44 km2 which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km2. Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of the Dyle.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Archennes, Biez, Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, and Nethen.
The Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve (1917–2013) died in Grez-Doiceau.
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Grez-Doiceau at Wikimedia Commons
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- Genappe
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- Hélécine
- Incourt
- Ittre
- Jodoigne
- La Hulpe
- Lasne
- Mont-Saint-Guibert
- Nivelles
- Orp-Jauche
- Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
- Perwez
- Ramillies
- Rebecq
- Rixensart
- Tubize
- Villers-la-Ville
- Walhain
- Waterloo
- Wavre
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