Braives

Braives
Braives Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°09′E / 50.633°N 5.15°E / 50.633; 5.15
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Waremme
Government
– Mayor	Pol Guillaume (EC)
– Governing party/ies	EC, Ecolo
Area
– Total	44.00 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
– Total	5,766
– Density	131/km2 (339.4/sq mi)
Postal codes	4260, 4261, 4263
Area codes	019
Website	www.braives.be
Map of Braives

Braives is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Braives had a total population of 5,579. The total area is 44.00 km² which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km².^[2] Fallais is one of the 8 villages within Braives. Fallais is famous for its medieval castle and other tourist attractions including a water mill, a former wheelmakershop, the river Méhaigne and the Ravel cycling path.

The municipality of Braives has eight villages and 3 hamlets: The villages of Ciplet, Avennes, Latinne, Tourinne, Fallais, Fumal, Ville-en-Hesbaye and Braives, and the hamlets of Hosdent^[3] to Latinne, Pitet to Fallais and Foncourt to Fumal.

References

1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)
2. ^ braves.be, German-language, retrieved 2007-09-04
3. ^ Le Site Non-Officiel de ce Hameau de Latinne, French-language, retrieved 2007-09-04