Bois du Chapître

Bois du Chapître is a forest in Wallonia, Belgium. Bois du Chapître is situated nearby to the quarter L’Ermitage, as well as near La Baraque.

Places of Interest

Highlights include K-W Line and Braine Castle.

K-W Line

Ruins

Photo: WO2, Public domain.

The Koningshooikt–Wavre Line, abbreviated to KW Line and often known as the Dyle Line after the Dijle river, was a 60-kilometre-long fortified line of defence prepared by the Belgian Army between Koningshooikt and Wavre which was intended to protect Brussels from a possible German invasion.

Braine Castle

Residential building

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Braine Castle is a castle in Braine-le-Château, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium. In 649 the Abbess of Mons St. Waudru ceded her "land of Ittre", including Braine, to the Chapter of Mons.

Nizelles Abbey

Park

Photo: Grentidez, CC0.

Nizelles Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks located in Wallonia in Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac in Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, on a short distance to the south of Brussels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braine-le-Château and Wauthier-Braine.

Braine-le-Château

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Braine-le-Château is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446.

Wauthier-Braine

Village

Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Wauthier-Braine is a village.

Ittre

Village

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ittre is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. Since the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, Ittre and Virginal-Samme.

Bois du Chapître

Type: Forest
Also known as: “Bois du Chapitre”
Location: Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.672° or 50° 40′ 19″ north

Longitude

4.26998° or 4° 16′ 12″ east

Elevation

132 metres (433 feet)

Open location code

9F26M7C9+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 168348751

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

GeoNames ID

2800491

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