Tilly () is a village of
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
and district of the municipality of
Villers-la-Ville, located in the province of
Walloon Brabant,
Belgium
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.
It had a population of 1,707 inhabitants on December 31, 2007.
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559-1631), a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War, was born here.
Near the village lies a Gallo-Roman tumulus called the
Tumulus of Tilly.
Transport
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Tilly railway station
References
Official website
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Former municipalities of Walloon Brabant
Sub-municipalities of Villers-la-Ville