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Braine-le-Château
Braine-le-Château: the castle
Braine-le-Château: the castle
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Braine-le-Château is located in Belgium
Braine-le-Château
Braine-le-Château
Location in Belgium
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement Nivelles
Area
 • Total 22.70 km2 (8.76 sq mi)
Population
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Postal codes
1440
Area codes 02
Website www.braine-le-chateau.be

Braine-le-Château (French: [bʁɛn lə ʃɑto]; Walloon: Brinne-Tchestea; Dutch: Kasteelbrakel [kɑˈsteːlˌbraːkəl]) 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. The total area is 22.70 km² which gives a population density of 416 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-le-Château and Wauthier-Braine, which were municipalities of their own until 1977.

Braine-le-Château is a medieval village in which remain many buildings from the Middle Ages. Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (c. 1200) and the Maison du Bailli (c. 1535).

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