Wallonia
Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement of Nivelles

Braine-l’Alleud

Braine-l'Alleud is a municipality of , in the province of , , about 20 kilometres south of . The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-l'Alleud, , and .
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  • Type: Town with 40,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Wallonia, Belgium
  • Also known as: “25014”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lion’s Mound and Hougoumont.

Peak
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The Lion's Mound is a large conical artificial hill in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud, , Belgium. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was completed in 1826.

Garden
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The Château d' is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near , .

Railway station
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Braine-l'Alleud railway station is a railway station in Braine-l'Alleud, , Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterloo and Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac.

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is a historic town in the province of in . The town is known mainly for the Battle of in 1815 where Napoleon Bonaparte went down to his final defeat, leading to his second exile on .

Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is a village of and a district of the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud, located in the province of , .

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Braine-l’Alleud.

Braine-l’Alleud

Latitude
50.6829° or 50° 40′ 58″ north
Longitude
4.3693° or 4° 22′ 9″ east
Population
40,000
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Open location code
9F26M9M9+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130703255
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2801155
Wiki­data ID
Q497572
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Braine-l’Alleud” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Breton: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Bulgarian: “Брен л’Альо”
  • Catalan: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Cebuano: “Braine-l’Alleud (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Chinese: “布賴恩拉勒”
  • Chinese: “布赖恩拉勒”
  • Chinese: “布赖讷拉勒”
  • Danish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Dutch: “Braine l’Alleud”
  • Dutch: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Dutch: “Braine-L’Alleud”
  • Dutch: “Brinne-l‘-Alou”
  • Dutch: “Eigenbrakel”
  • Esperanto: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Finnish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Finnish: “Eigenbrakel”
  • French: “BLA”
  • French: “Braine l’Alleud”
  • French: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • French: “Braine-L’Alleud”
  • French: “Eigenbrakel”
  • French: “Merbraine”
  • Galician: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • German: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Greek: “Μπραιν λ΄Αλό”
  • Hebrew: “ברן-לאלו”
  • Hungarian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Irish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Italian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Italian: “Eigenbrakel”
  • Japanese: “ブレーヌ・ラルー”
  • Japanese: “ブレン・ラルー”
  • Latin: “Brania Allodii”
  • Lithuanian: “Braine l’Aledas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Norwegian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Persian: “برن للو”
  • Persian: “برن‌للو”
  • Polish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Portuguese: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Romanian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Russian: “Брен-л’Аллё”
  • Russian: “Брен-л’Альо”
  • Serbian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Serbian: “Brainе-l’Alleud”
  • Serbian: “Bren l’Ale”
  • Serbian: “Брен л’Але”
  • Silesian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Slovak: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Slovenian: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Spanish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Swedish: “Braine l’Alleud”
  • Swedish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Swedish: “Eigenbrakel”
  • Turkish: “Braine l’Alleud”
  • Turkish: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Turkish: “Eigenbrakel”
  • Ukrainian: “Брен-л’Алле”
  • Ukrainian: “Брен-л’Алльо”
  • Vietnamese: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Vlaams: “Eignbroakel”
  • Volapük: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Volapük: “Eigenbrakel”
  • Walloon: “Brinne-l‘-Alieu”
  • Walloon: “Brinne-l‘-Alou”
  • Walloon: “Brinne-l’-Alou”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Welsh: “Braine-l’Alleud”
  • Zeeuws: “Eigenbraokel”

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