Grez-Doiceau (; wa, Gré; nl, Graven, ) 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, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is 55.44 km² which gives a

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of 224 inhabitants per km². Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of the Dyle. The municipality consists of the following

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: 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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* Municipalities of Walloon Brabant {{WalloonBrabant-geo-stub