Braine-le-Château (; wa, Brinne-Tchestea; nl, Kasteelbrakel, ) is a

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Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

located in the

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province of

Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant (french: Brabant wallon ; nl, Waals-Brabant ; wa, Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and ...

. On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446. The total area is 22.70 km² which gives a

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of 416 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following

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: Braine-le-Château and Wauthier-Braine, which were municipalities of their own until 1977. Braine-le-Château is a medieval village in which remain many buildings from the Middle Ages. Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (c. 1200) and the ''Maison du Bailli'' (c. 1535). Braine-le-Château JPG01.jpg, the pillory and the ''Bailli House'' Moulin seigneurial.jpg, ''Moulin banal'' (mill) Braine-le-Château JPG05.jpg, The ''Binchfort'' farm (16th century)

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