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Gembloux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.blu] (listen); Walloon: Djiblou; Dutch: Gembloers, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛmˌbluːrs]) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

Gembloux Djiblou (Walloon) Gembloers (Dutch)
Municipality
Town hall with belfry in the background
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Gembloux
Gembloux Location in Belgium Location of Gembloux in Namur Province
Coordinates: 50°34′N 04°41′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Arrondissement	Namur
Government
• Mayor	Benoît Dispa (Bailli)
• Governing party/ies	Bailli, Ecolo
Area
• Total	95.86 km2 (37.01 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	25,933
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Postal codes	5030-5032
Area codes	081
Website	www.gembloux.be

On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants. The total area is 95.86 km², yielding a population density of 229 inhabitants per km². The mayor, who was elected on 8 October 2006, is Benoît Dispa.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Beuzet, Bossière, Bothey, Corroy-le-Château, Ernage, Gembloux, Grand-Leez, Grand-Manil, Isnes, Lonzée, Mazy, and Sauvenière.

This city is well known for its Agricultural University and for its cutlery. The university is housed in the historical Abbey of Gembloux, which dates from the tenth century.

Gembloux's belfry is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, in recognition of its architecture and testimony to the rise in municipal power in the area.[2]

History

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The central city grew around the Gembloux Abbey, founded in the tenth century. In the vicinity of the city, in 1578, the Battle of Gembloux was fought during the Eighty Years' War. In May 1940 the Battle of Hannut and the Battle of the Gembloux Gap took place nearby, tank battles during the larger Battle of France.

Notable inhabitants

• The Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre
• Christophe Szpajdel, sketch artist (born 1970)

Twin towns

Gembloux is twinned with

• - Épinal, France : since 1974
• - Loughborough, United Kingdom : since 1993
• - Skyros, Greece : since 1994
• - Aller, Spain : since 2007

Gallery

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  Gembloux town hall square and belfry
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  University Faculty of agronomic sciences
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  Tour du Guet fortification
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  13th century Château de Corroy-le-Château

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Gembloux
• Crealys Science Park

References

External links

• Gembloux official site (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Gembloux

Gembloux (wallonisch: Djiblou, niederländisch: Gembloers) ist eine Stadt in der belgischen Provinz Namur der Region Wallonien mit 26.141 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2020). Die Stadt beherbergt in den Gebäuden der ehemaligen Abtei Gembloux die Fakultät für Landwirtschaft und Biologischen Ingenieurwissenschaften Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, die seit 2009 zur Universität Lüttich gehört.[1] Bekannt ist Gembloux auch als Herkunftsort von Essbesteck. Im Jahr 2005 wurde der Belfried von Gembloux in die Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes aufgenommen. Von der ehemaligen Abtei Argenton in der Ortschaft Lonzée sind noch Gebäude erhalten, die aber nicht besichtigt werden können

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- [en] Gembloux

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[ru] Жамблу

Жамблу́ (фр. Gembloux, валлон. Djiblou, нидерл. Gembloers) — коммуна в Валлонии, расположенная в провинции Намюр, округ Намюр. Принадлежит французскому языковому сообществу Бельгии. На площади 95,86 км² проживают 21 964 человека (плотность населения — 229 чел./км²), из которых 49,64 % — мужчины и 50,36 % — женщины. Средний годовой доход на душу населения в 2003 году составлял 13 428 евро.

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