Clabecq ( nl, Klabbeek; wa, Clabek) is a
district
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of the
Belgian
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* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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municipality
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of
Tubize
Tubize (; nl, Tubeke ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Tubize had a total population of 22,335. The total area is 32.66 km2 which gives a population density of 6 ...
,
Wallonia
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, located in the 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 ...
.
It was formerly its own municipality until the period of
fusion of Belgian municipalities in 1977.
It is traversed by the
Brussels-Charleroi Canal
Brussels South Charleroi Airport, nl, Luchthaven Zuid-Brussel Charleroi, german: Flughafen Brüssel-Charleroi (BSCA), also unofficially called Brussels-Charleroi Airport, Charleroi Airport or rarely ''Gosselies Airport'', is an internationa ...
, and the steelmaking Forges of Clabecq are situated on its
bank
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Because ...
s.
Its postal code is 1480, formerly 1361.
Image:SaintJean-BaptisteClabecq.jpg, Saint Jean-Baptiste church, Clabecq
Image:clabecqSaintJean-BaptisteAcrossCanal.jpg, Looking across the canal towards the church
Former municipalities of Walloon Brabant
Tubize
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