Braine-le-Château

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Braine-le-Château
picture=Braine-le-Château JPG01.jpg
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arms=CommunesBelgique-Braine-le-Chateau.svg

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region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-BW
arrondissement=Nivelles
nis=25015
pyramid-date=
0-19=
20-64=
65=
foreigners=
foreigners-date=
mayor=Gérard Lemaire
majority=Renouveau Brainois
postal-codes=1440
telephone-area=02
web= [http://www.braine-le-chateau.be/ www.braine-le-chateau.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=41
lon_deg=04
lon_min=16

Braine-le-Château (in Walloon : "Brinne-Tchestea"; in Dutch : "Kasteelbrakel") is a Walloon municipality 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.

Braine-le-Château is a medieval village in which remains many buildings from the Middle-Age. Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (ca. 1200), the "Maison du Bailli" (ca. 1535).

External links

* [http://www.braine-le-chateau.be/ Official website]