Grez-Doiceau

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Grez-Doiceau ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx; Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Grez-Doiceau had a total population of 12,403. The total area is Template:Convert which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km2. Grez-Doiceau is watered by the Train, a tributary of the Dyle.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Archennes, Biez, Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, and Nethen.

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Altar of Saint George's church, Grez-Doiceau

Notable people

The Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve (1917–2013) died in Grez-Doiceau.

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