Lake Genval
Lake Genval is an artificial lake located in Belgium on the border between Flanders and Wallonia, southeast of Brussels near the Sonian Forest, which is a part of the municipalities of Rixensart, Walloon Brabant and Overijse, Flemish Brabant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Lac de Genval - Meer van Genval”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Genval railway station and Église Saint-Pierre de Maubroux.
Genval railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Genval railway station is a railway station in Genval, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened in 1889 on railway line 161 between Brussels and Namur. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.
Église Saint-Pierre de Maubroux
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Maubroux is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Genval and Rixensart.
Rixensart
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Rixensart is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2018, Rixensart had a total population of 22,401.
La Hulpe
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Hulpe is a municipality of Wallonia in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, 20 km south-east of the centre of Brussels, but only about 3 km from the edge of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Lake Genval
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.72923° or 50° 43′ 45″ northLongitude
4.51799° or 4° 31′ 5″ eastElevation
52 metres (171 feet)Open location code
9F26PGH9+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 8111878OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2797640Wikidata ID
Q764863
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Genval from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Genval” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة غينفال”
- Chinese: “根瓦爾湖”
- Dutch: “Meer van Genval”
- French: “lac de Genval”
- French: “Lac de Genval”
- Italian: “lago di Genval”
- Italian: “Lago di Genval”
- Latin: “Lacus Iusumvallensis”
- Lithuanian: “Ženvalis”
- Polish: “Jezioro Genval”
- Spanish: “Lago de Genval”
- Venetian: “lago de Genval”
- Walloon: “Lak di Djenvå”
- Welsh: “Llyn Genval”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maubroux and Rochemur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include hooiweide and Gare de Genval.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Genval”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.