Place:Waterloo, Brabant, Belgium

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NameWaterloo
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates50.717°N 4.383°E
Located inBrabant, Belgium
Also located inBrabant Wallon, Wallonne, Belgium    
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Waterloo is a municipality in Wallonia, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which in 2011 had a population of 29,706 and an area of . Waterloo lies a short distance south of Brussels, and immediately north-east of the larger town of Braine-l'Alleud. It is the site of the Battle of Waterloo, where the resurgent Napoleon was defeated for the final time in 1815. Waterloo lies immediately south of the official language border between Flanders and Wallonia.

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