Wallonia
Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement of Nivelles

Braine-le-Château

Braine-le-Château is a municipality of located in the province of . On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446.
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  • Type: Village with 10,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in Wallonia, Belgium
  • Also known as: “25015”, “Braine-le-Chateau”, “Brinne-Tchestea”, “Brinnekasteel”, and “Kasteelbrakel”
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include K-W Line and Pillory of Braine-le-Château.

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 and which was intended to protect from a possible German invasion.

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.

Church
Photo: Badplayer, CC BY-SA 1.0.
is a church, which is situated 3½ km south of Braine-le-Château.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tubize and Ittre.

Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and city of located in the . On January 1, 2006 had a total population of 22,335. is situated 4½ km west of Braine-le-Château.

Village
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality of located in the province of . Since the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, and Virginal-Samme. is situated 3½ km south of Braine-le-Château.

Town
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city and municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district of the province of . It is located on the Brussels–Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates and . is situated 6 km north of Braine-le-Château.

Braine-le-Château

Latitude
50.6828° or 50° 40′ 58″ north
Longitude
4.267° or 4° 16′ 1″ east
Population
10,500
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
9F26M7M8+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253363794
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2801153
Wiki­data ID
Q497558
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Braine-le-Château” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Breton: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Bulgarian: “Брен льо Шато”
  • Catalan: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Cebuano: “Braine-le-Château (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Chinese: “布賴訥堡”
  • Chinese: “布赖恩勒沙托”
  • Chinese: “布赖讷堡”
  • Dutch: “Braine-le-Chateau”
  • Dutch: “Braine-Le-Chateau”
  • Dutch: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Dutch: “Brinne-Tchestea”
  • Dutch: “Brinnekasteel”
  • Dutch: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Esperanto: “Braine-le-Chateau”
  • Esperanto: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Finnish: “Braine-le-Chateau”
  • Finnish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • French: “Braine-le-Chateau”
  • French: “Braine-Le-Chateau”
  • French: “Braine-le-Château”
  • French: “Brinne-Tchestea”
  • French: “Brinnekasteel”
  • French: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • German: “Braine-le-Château”
  • German: “Wauthier-Braine”
  • Hungarian: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Irish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Italian: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Italian: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Japanese: “ブレン・ル・シャトー”
  • Luxembourgish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Norwegian: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Braine-le-Château”
  • Persian: “برن-لو-شتو”
  • Polish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Portuguese: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Romanian: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Russian: “Брен-ле-Шато”
  • Slovak: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Slovenian: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Slovenian: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Spanish: “Braine le Chateau”
  • Spanish: “Braine le Château”
  • Spanish: “Braine le-Chateau”
  • Spanish: “Braine le-Château”
  • Spanish: “Braine-le-Chateau”
  • Spanish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Spanish: “Brinne Tchestea”
  • Spanish: “Brinne-Tchestea”
  • Spanish: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Swedish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Swedish: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Turkish: “Braine le Chateau”
  • Turkish: “Braine le Château”
  • Turkish: “Braine-le-Chateau”
  • Turkish: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Turkish: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Turkish: “Wauthier-Braine”
  • Ukrainian: “Брен-ле-Шато”
  • Vietnamese: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Volapük: “Braine-le-Château”
  • Volapük: “Kasteelbrakel”
  • Walloon: “Brinne-Tchestea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Braine-le-Château”
  • Zeeuws: “Kasteelbraokel”

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