Wavre is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, of which it is the capital. On January 1, 2005 Wavre had a total population of 32,023. The total area is 41.80 km² which gives a population density of 766.03 inhabitants per km². Jump to: navigation, search A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

On June 18 and June 19, 1815, the last battle of the War of the Seventh Coalition was fought here between Marshal Grouchy and the Prussian III Corps under the command of General Johann von Thielmann. Jump to: navigation, search June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Hundred Days (French Cent-Jours) or the Waterloo Campaign commonly names the period between 20 March 1815, the date on which Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Paris after his return from Elba, and 28 June 1815, the date of the restoration of King Louis XVIII. The phrase Cent jours was... Jump to: navigation, search The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... Emmanuel, Marquis de Grouchy, Marshal of France Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy (October 23, 1766 – May 29, 1847), marshal of France, was born in Paris. ... Jump to: navigation, search Johann Adolf, freiherr von Thielmann (1765-1824), Prussian cavalry soldier, was born at Dresden. ...

Transmitter

Wavre is the location of a broadcasting facility for shortwave, medium wave, FM and TV of the Belgian broadcasting society. As aerial for medium wave a guyed steel framework mast is used. The aerials for FM and TV are on a free standing lattice tower. On October 13, 1983 a storm destroyed the main transmission mast for TV transmission. The Transmitter Wavre is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM- and TV-broadcasting near Wavre at Belgium. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Walibi Belgium
• Battle of Wavre