Walhain
(Avenir Communal)
Walhain (French pronunciation: [walɛ̃]; Walloon: Walin) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. It consists of the former municipalities of Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin, Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert and Walhain-Saint-Paul.
The Belgian National Geographic Institute, the Belgian national cartographical service, calculated that the geographical centre of Belgium lay in this municipality, in Nil-Saint-Vincent at 50°38′28″N 4°40′05″E / 50.64111°N 4.66806°E / 50.64111; 4.66806 (Geographical centre of Belgium).[2]
Villages of the municipality
Walhain-Saint-Paul, Walhain, Sart-lez-Walhain, Nil-Saint-Vincent, Nil-Saint-Martin, Nil-Pierreux, Lerinnes, Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert, Tourinnes les Ourdons et Perbais
Sports
Walhain has two successful national division sport teams:
Firstly, they have a semi-professional football club, RFC Wallonia Walhain CG playing in the Promotion D, which is the 4th tier of Belgian football league. They unfortunately couldn't avoid relegation in 2007 after more than 10 years in the third division.
They also have a good volleyball club, with both women's and men's teams playing in the second national division (the first division in Belgium being professional).
References
External links
- Media related to Walhain at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
Chaumont-Gistoux | Incourt | |
Mont-Saint-Guibert | Walhain | Perwez |
Chastre | Gembloux (WNA) |
This Walloon Brabant location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e