Braine-le-Château explained

Braine-le-Château
Picture-Legend:Braine-le-Château: the castle
Map:Braine-le-Château Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
Map-Legend:The municipality of Braine-le-Château in Walloon Brabant
Arms:CommunesBelgique-Braine-le-Chateau.svg
Flag:Flag of Braine-le-Château.svg
Arrondissement:Nivelles
Nis:25015
Mayor:Nicolas Tamigniau (RB)
Majority:Renouveau Brainois (RB)
Postal-Codes:1440
Telephone-Area:02
Web:www.braine-le-chateau.be
Coordinates:50.6833°N 20°W

Braine-le-Château (in French pronounced as /bʁɛn lə ʃato/; Walloon: Brinne-Tchestea; Dutch; Flemish: Kasteelbrakel, in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /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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