- Gembloux
Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Gembloux
picture=Gembloux JPG01.jpg
picture-
map-
arms=Armoiries_Gembloux.png
region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-NM
arrondissement=Namur
nis=92142
pyramid-date
0-19=
20-64
65
foreigners=
foreigners-date
mayor=Benoît Dispa (Bailli)
majority=Bailli,Ecolo
postal-codes=5030-5032
telephone-area=081
web= [http://www.gembloux.be/ www.gembloux.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=34
lon_deg=04
lon_min=41Gembloux (in Walloon: "Djiblou"; in Dutch: "Gembloers") is a Walloon
municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On1 January 2006 the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants. The total area is 95.86 km², giving apopulation density of 229 inhabitants per km².The mayor, who has been elected on 8th October 2006, is Benoît Dispa.This city is well known for its Agronomical University and for its
cutlery . The university is housed in the historicalAbbey of Gembloux , which dates from the tenth century.Gembloux's Belfry belongs to the set of
belfries of Belgium and France inscribed onUNESCO 's World Heritage List in 2005.In the vicinity of the town, in 1578, the
Battle of Gembloux was fought; in May 1940 theBattle of Gembloux , a tank battle during the largerBattle of France .Gembloux Abbey was an abbey near Gembloux.Twin towns
Gembloux is twinned with
* -Epinal ,France : since 1974
* -Skyros ,Greece : since 1994ee also
*
Crealys Science Park External links
* [http://www.gembloux.be/ Gembloux official site] (in French)
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