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Gembloux

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Gembloux is a city and municipality in the province of Namur, in the French-speaking region of Wallonia, Belgium. The municipality takes in a dozen districts, among them Beuzet, Bossière, Bothey, Corroy-le-Château, Ernage, Grand-Leez, Grand-Manil, Isnes, Lonzée, Mazy and Sauvenière. The central town grew up around Gembloux Abbey, founded in the tenth century, and the abbey's historic buildings now house the town's agricultural university; Gembloux is also known for its cutlery. Its belfry is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Belfries of Belgium and France. The district saw a battle of the Eighty Years' War in 1578 and tank battles of the Battle of France in May 1940. In 2006 the municipality counted 21,964 inhabitants on 95.86 square kilometres.

Facts
Population
21,964 1
Area (sq km)
95.86 1
Founding Year
936 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Gembloux (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants.
  • Lead, paragraph 2 [area-sq-km]
    The total area is 95.86 km2
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead, first sentence
    a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium
  • Part Of: Belgium, Lead, first sentence
    a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
    is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium
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2. Wikipedia (French): Gembloux
Wikipedia (French)Histoire, abbaye Saint-Pierre
Quote, Histoire, abbaye Saint-Pierre
En 936, saint Guibert (Wichpert) bâtit une église et un monastère
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3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Gembloux coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 162.0 ]
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.75
50.75 4.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Gembloux - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2797713, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2797713, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.56149 4.69889 P PPL BE WAL WNA 92 92142 21676 158 Europe/Brussels
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