Wavre
Wavre
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City and municipality | |
The church of St John the Baptist in Wavre | |
Location of Wavre | |
| Coordinates: 50°43′N 04°36′E / 50.717°N 4.600°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Walloon Brabant |
| Arrondissement | Nivelles |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Anne Masson (La Liste du Bourgmestre; "Mayor's List," LB) |
| • Governing party/ies | LB-PS-DéFI |
| Area | |
• Total | 42.11 km2 (16.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 34,305 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1300, 1301 |
| NIS code | 25112 |
| Area codes | 010 |
| Website | www.wavre.be |
Wavre (French pronunciation: [wavʁ] ⓘ; Walloon: Åve-el-Roman-Payis; Dutch: Waver [ˈʋaːvər] ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
Wavre is in the Dyle valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and "Wavriennes".
The municipality consist of the following sub-municipalities: Bierges, Limal, and Wavre proper.
Wavre is also called "the City of the Maca", referring to the statue of the small boy trying to climb the wall of the city hall. Tradition holds that touching the Maca's buttocks brings a year of luck.