Chaumont-Gistoux
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  Chaumont-Gistoux Location in Belgium
The municipality of Chaumont-Gistoux in Walloon Brabant  | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′37″N 4°43′10″E / 50.67686°N 4.71956°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Walloon Brabant |
| Arrondissement | Nivelles |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luc Decorte (ARC) |
| • Governing party/ies | ARC, Ecolo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.33 km2 (18.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,731 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1325 |
| NIS code | 25018 |
| Area codes | 010 |
| Website | www.chaumont-gistoux.be |
Chaumont-Gistoux (French pronunciation: [ʃomɔ̃ ʒistu]; Walloon: Tchåmont-Djistou) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 Chaumont-Gistoux had a total population of 10,926. The total area is 48.09 km2 which gives a population density of 227 inhabitants per km2.
It was formed from the fusion, in 1977, of Dion-Valmont (itself a fusion in 1971 of Dion-le-Val and Dion-le-Mont), Bonlez, Corroy-le-Grand, Longueville and Chaumont-Gistoux. The administrative offices are now in the village of Gistoux.
It is a semi-rural municipality with several working farms, large areas given over to fields and forests, although there is a major industry of sand extraction, now mostly in decline. Due to this history there are now several haulage and construction firms based in the municipality.
Chaumont-Gistoux is on the KW-line, a defensive line erected early in the Second World War, intended to prevent invasion from Nazi Germany. A small museum houses information about the line and many exhibits from the war.
Princess Claire of Belgium grew up in Chaumont-Gistoux. The Coombs family still resides there to this day, and the Princess, her husband Prince Laurent and their children are often seen in the municipality.
Villages in the municipality[edit]
Bonlez, Chaumont, Corroy-le-Grand, Dion-le-Mont, Dion-le-Val, Gistoux, Longueville and Vieusart or (Vieux-Sart).
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References[edit]
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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Media related to Chaumont-Gistoux at Wikimedia Commons
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