As of 2023, the municipality of Genappe boasted a population of 14,266 [2] residents. Spanning a total area of 89.57km2 , the region has a population density of 15,26 inhabitants per km2.
History
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Although his birthplace was probably Boulogne-sur-Mer, one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy (now Baisy-Thy in Genappe), as the birthplace of Godfrey of Bouillon, the best-known leader of the First Crusade (1096-1099).[3]
Postal history
The Genappe post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 48 with bars (before 1864), and 145 with points before 1870. BOUSVAL opened on 8 April 1880.[4]
Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):[5]
- 1470 Genappe
- 1471 Loupoigne
- 1472 Vieux-Genappe
- 1473 Glabais
- 1474 Ways
- 1475 Baisy-Thy
- 1476 Houtain-le-Val
- 1488 Bousval.
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