Place:Grez-Doiceau, Brabant, Belgium

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NameGrez-Doiceau
Alt namesDoiceausource: Family History Library Catalog
Gravensource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates50.733°N 4.7°E
Located inBrabant, Belgium
Also located inBrabant Wallon, Wallonne, Belgium    
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source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Grez-Doiceau is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is 55.44 km² which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km². Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of the Dyle.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Archennes, Biez, Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, and Nethen.

The Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve (1917–2013) died in Grez-Doiceau.

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