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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1" title="وافر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="وافر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Уавър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уавър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre_(parokya)" title="Wavre (parokya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Wavre (parokya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%B2%CF%81" title="Βαβρ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βαβρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre_(Belgio)" title="Wavre (Belgio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Wavre (Belgio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1" title="وور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waver" title="Waver – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Waver" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%95%84%EB%B8%8C%EB%A5%B4" title="우아브르 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="우아브르" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavria" title="Wavria – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Wavria" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavra" title="Vavra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vavra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavras" title="Vavras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vavras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waver" title="Waver – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Waver" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waver_(Belgi%C3%AB)" title="Waver (België) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Waver (België)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%AB" title="ワーヴル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ワーヴル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auve" title="Auve – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Auve" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80" title="Вавр – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вавр" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80" title="Вавр – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Вавр" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80" title="Вавр – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вавр" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1" title="واور – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="واور" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wavre" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Wavre" 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font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Walloon_language" title="Walloon language">Walloon</a>)</span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Waver</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wavre_-_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The church of St John the Baptist in Wavre"><img alt="The church of St John the Baptist in Wavre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wavre_-_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG/250px-Wavre_-_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wavre_-_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG/500px-Wavre_-_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3537" data-file-height="2543" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The church of St John the Baptist in Wavre</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wavre.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Wavre"><img alt="Flag of Wavre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_Wavre.svg/120px-Flag_of_Wavre.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_Wavre.svg/250px-Flag_of_Wavre.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CommunesBelgique-Wavre.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Wavre"><img alt="Coat of arms of Wavre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/CommunesBelgique-Wavre.svg/120px-CommunesBelgique-Wavre.svg.png" decoding="async" width="73" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/CommunesBelgique-Wavre.svg/250px-CommunesBelgique-Wavre.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; height:5px;">Location of Wavre</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <div class="center" style="margin-top:1em"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_a1e79f8c12313746e7deae3025804cd580a53c72"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Wavre&revid=1272607594&groups=_a1e79f8c12313746e7deae3025804cd580a53c72" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Wavre&revid=1272607594&groups=_a1e79f8c12313746e7deae3025804cd580a53c72 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wavre is located in Belgium"><img alt="Wavre is located in Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/250px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/500px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="988" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.654%;left:51.064%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wavre"><img alt="Wavre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Wavre</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Belgium <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843" /><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-top:2px; border:1px solid grey;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; font-size:115%; text-align: left; height:auto; padding:0.2em; padding-left:0.6em; padding-right:2em;">Location of Wavre in Walloon Brabant</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: center;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wavre_Brabant-Wallon_Belgium_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Wavre_Brabant-Wallon_Belgium_Map.svg/250px-Wavre_Brabant-Wallon_Belgium_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Wavre_Brabant-Wallon_Belgium_Map.svg/500px-Wavre_Brabant-Wallon_Belgium_Map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1011" data-file-height="485" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wavre&params=50_43_N_04_36_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°43′N</span> <span class="longitude">04°36′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.717°N 4.600°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.717; 4.600</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Belgium</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">French Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Nivelles" title="Arrondissement of Nivelles">Nivelles</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anne_Masson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anne Masson (page does not exist)">Anne Masson</a> (<i>La Liste du Bourgmestre</i>; "Mayor's List," LB)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">LB</a>-<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">PS</a>-<a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">42.11 km<sup>2</sup> (16.26 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">34,305</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">810/km<sup>2</sup> (2,100/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">1300, 1301</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">25112</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">010</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wavre.be/">www.wavre.be</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wavre</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[wavʁ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/49\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Madehub-Wavre.wav\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Madehub-Wavre.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-Wavre.wav"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Madehub-Wavre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Madehub-Wavre.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Madehub-Wavre.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-Wavre.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; <a href="/wiki/Walloon_language" title="Walloon language">Walloon</a>: <i lang="wa">Wåve</i>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Waver</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈʋaːvər]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/b\/bf\/Nl-Waver.ogg\/Nl-Waver.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Nl-Waver.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Nl-Waver.ogg/Nl-Waver.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Waver.ogg" title="File:Nl-Waver.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">city</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_in_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities in Belgium">municipality</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, and the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. </p><p>Wavre is in the <a href="/wiki/Dijle" class="mw-redirect" title="Dijle">Dyle</a> valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and "Wavriennes". </p><p>The municipality consist of the following <a href="/wiki/Deelgemeente" title="Deelgemeente">sub-municipalities</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bierges" title="Bierges">Bierges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limal" title="Limal">Limal</a>, and Wavre proper. </p><p>Wavre is also called "the City of the Maca", referring to the statue of the small boy trying to climb the wall of the city hall. Tradition holds that touching the Maca's buttocks brings a year of luck. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity_and_Middle_Ages">Antiquity and Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Antiquity and Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The foundations of a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> <a href="/wiki/Villa" title="Villa">villa</a> were found very close to Wavre, complete with a portico and many rooms. This part of <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>, however, was ravaged by the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> invasions in the 3rd and 4th century, and it is only in the year 1050 that Wavre was mentioned for the first time, as a dependency of the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Leuven" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Leuven">County of Leuven</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Brabant_(landgraviat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brabant (landgraviat)">Brabant</a> <a href="/wiki/Pagus" title="Pagus">pagus</a>. The chapel built by the counts near the former <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallo-Roman">Gallo-Roman</a> villa was ceded to the <a href="/wiki/Affligem_Abbey" title="Affligem Abbey">Affligem Abbey</a> a few years later. By the 13th century a market already existed in the budding town built at the crossroads of the <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>-<a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nivelles" title="Nivelles">Nivelles</a>-<a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a> roads. In 1222, Duke <a href="/wiki/Henry_I,_Duke_of_Brabant" title="Henry I, Duke of Brabant">Henry I</a> of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Brabant</a> granted the town its city <a href="/wiki/Charter" title="Charter">charter</a>. At around the same time, the Affligem Abbey expanded its Wavre possessions into a <a href="/wiki/Priory" title="Priory">priory</a>, which attracted pilgrims from a wide region around the city.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="16th-_to_18th-century_disasters">16th- to 18th-century disasters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 16th- to 18th-century disasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The relative peace of the city came to an end on 8 March 1489, when Duke <a href="/wiki/Albert_III,_Duke_of_Saxony" title="Albert III, Duke of Saxony">Albert</a> of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxony" title="Duchy of Saxony">Saxony</a> took it and pillaged it in retaliation for Wavre's sympathy with <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Brabant</a>’s revolt against <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>. From then on until the beginning of the 18th century, the city went through one disaster after another. Between the destruction by Duke <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Guelders" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Duke of Guelders">Charles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Guelders" title="Duchy of Guelders">Guelders</a> in 1504 and that brought by <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV" title="Louis XIV">Louis XIV</a>’s wars around 1700, Wavre would know several debilitating crises, either at the hand of foreign armies (e.g., the Spanish in 1604) or because of epidemics (1624–1625, 1668) or major fires (28 April 1695 and 17 July 1714). The 18th century was relatively prosperous, but a troubled period started again around 1790, with Wavre's participation in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of Belgium">Brabant Revolution</a> against <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austrian</a> interests. After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fleurus_(1794)" title="Battle of Fleurus (1794)">Battle of Fleurus (1794)</a>, the city became <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>. Like many of its neighbours, the city suffered from mandatory <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscription</a>, curtailment of religious freedoms, and the dissolution of the old administrative offices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_Waterloo_until_now">From Waterloo until now</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: From Waterloo until now"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 18 and 19 June 1815, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wavre" title="Battle of Wavre">Battle of Wavre</a> was fought here on the same day as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>. <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> had sent <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_de_Grouchy,_Marquis_de_Grouchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy">Marshal Grouchy</a> to pursue part of the retreating <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> army under the command of General <a href="/wiki/Johann_von_Thielmann" title="Johann von Thielmann">Johann von Thielmann</a>. Despite hearing the cannon sound from nearby Waterloo, Grouchy decided to obey his orders and engage the one Prussian Corps in Wavre. By the time Grouchy's battle was over, Napoleon had already lost at Waterloo. </p><p>The century that followed saw the expansion of local industry, including foundries, a paper mill, and a sugar refinery. Wavre was severely affected by both world wars, with heavy fighting, bombing and several houses put on fire. In the 21st century, Wavre enjoyed renewed prosperity as the capital of the Belgian province of <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a> created in 1995. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg/250px-Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg/330px-Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg/500px-Wavre_rue_de_la_Source.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Rue de la Source in Wavre town centre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG/220px-Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG/330px-Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG/440px-Ancien_couvent_des_Carmes_Chauss%C3%A9s_de_Wavre_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2508" data-file-height="2300" /></a><figcaption>Town hall of Wavre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG/250px-Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG/330px-Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG/500px-Basilique_Notre_Dame_de_Basse_Wavre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption>Basilica of Our Lady of Basse-Wavre</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic-style</a> church of St John the Baptist was built in 1475. Its main tower houses a 50-bell carillon.</li> <li>The city hall dates from the 18th century. It is housed in the former church of the <a href="/wiki/Carmelites" title="Carmelites">Carmelites</a> and features a cloistered courtyard.</li> <li>In 1975, the first <a href="/wiki/Walibi_Belgium" title="Walibi Belgium">Walibi</a> amusement park, named after <b>Wa</b>vre, <b>Li</b>mal, and <b>Bi</b>erge, to the west of the city centre further up the Dyle. Since then, Walibi has become the largest amusement park in Belgium and spawned similar parks in France and the Netherlands. The park was once known as the best themepark in Europe and has over 1,000,000 visitors per year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Basilica of Our Lady of Basse-Wavre, <i>Basilique Notre-Dame de Basse-Wavre</i> is a centre of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Folklore">Folklore</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Folklore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <i>Jeu de Jean et Alice</i> is a remake of a medieval play, more exactly a spoken, sung, and danced dialog between Jean and Alice, Lords of Wavre, and the city's population. The play commemorates the granting of the charter to the city in 1222; it is now an elaborate production (with more than 500 participants) that takes place every five years.</li> <li>Since about 200 years ago, the <i>Grand Tour</i>, a religious procession takes place every year on the Sunday that follows June 24, feast of <a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="St John the Baptist">St John the Baptist</a>, patron saint of the city.</li> <li>The city's carnival includes a handful of traditional giants that take part in the festivities.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Wavre(1991-2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.1<br />(2.96) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.6<br />(2.58) </td> <td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.3<br />(2.26) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.4<br />(1.83) </td> <td style="background: #A3FFA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.7<br />(2.43) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.2<br />(2.65) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8<br />(2.83) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.0<br />(3.39) </td> <td style="background: #A0FFA0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.2<br />(2.41) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.9<br />(2.59) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8<br />(2.83) </td> <td style="background: #79FF79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.7<br />(3.53) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">819.7<br />(32.29) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">133 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #686868; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #909090; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">127 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">205 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158 </td> <td style="background: #B4B46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">116 </td> <td style="background: #7C7C7C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #575757; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF29; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,649 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #676767; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #959595; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #BABA47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3 </td> <td style="background: #B4B469; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #7E7E7E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2.2 </td> <td style="background: #5B5B5B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #C0C024; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Royal Meteorological Institute<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wavre is the location of the <a href="/wiki/Wavre_Transmitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Wavre Transmitter">Wavre Transmitter</a>, a broadcasting facility for shortwave, medium wave, FM and TV of the Belgian broadcasting society. As aerial for medium wave a guyed steel framework mast is used. It is the third <a href="/wiki/Tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Tallest buildings and structures in Belgium">tallest structure in Belgium</a>. The aerials for FM and TV are on a free standing lattice tower. On 13 October 1983 a storm destroyed the main transmission mast for TV transmission. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basse-Wavre_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basse-Wavre railway station (page does not exist)">Basse-Wavre railway station</a> (<i>Gare de Basse-Wavre</i>) is located in Basse-Wavre ("lower Wavre") a suburb to the east of the city centre and lower down the Dyle.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wavre is the home of <a href="/wiki/Racing_Jet_Wavre" class="mw-redirect" title="Racing Jet Wavre">RJ Wavre</a> football club, a team with quite a prestigious past but which has struggled in recent times. The city is elected to host <a href="/wiki/2026_Men%27s_FIH_Hockey_World_Cup" title="2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup">2026 Hockey World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Car%C3%AAme" title="Maurice Carême">Maurice Carême</a> (1899–1978), poet was born in Wavre.</li> <li>Jeanne Deckers (1933–1985), better known as <a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Nun" title="The Singing Nun">The Singing Nun</a>, lived for nearly 20 years in Wavre, with her partner Annie Pécher; the pair died together after taking overdoses of barbiturates and alcohol and were buried in the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> (1975–), <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">President of the European Council</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a>; served as an <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a> from 2000 to 2006 and later mayor of Wavre from 2006 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K-W_Line" title="K-W Line">K-W Line</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Defense_line" title="Defense line">defense line</a> between <a href="/wiki/Koningshooikt" title="Koningshooikt">Koningshooikt</a> and Wavre during World War II</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wavre&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basse-Wavre_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basse-Wavre railway station (page does not exist)">Basse-Wavre railway station</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; 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