Door Opening Genappe

Genappe: Eight Villages in the Heart of Walloon Brabant

With 16,160 inhabitants (2025) spread over 90.35 km², Genappe is a French-speaking municipality of Walloon Brabant under main postal code 1470 (plus 1471-1476 for the sections). The municipality groups eight sections: Genappe, Bousval, Vieux-Genappe, Loupoigne, Houtain-le-Val, Glabais, Baisy-Thy and Ways.

Sections and profile

Genappe centre (1470) : Historic and commercial core, administrative centre.

Baisy-Thy (1470) : Section tied to the Battle of Quatre Bras (Waterloo campaign 1815), military heritage.

Bousval, Vieux-Genappe, Loupoigne, Houtain-le-Val, Glabais, Ways : Rural and residential villages, mixing farms and recent subdivisions.

Industrial heritage

The former Genappe sugar factory, bought in 1929 by the Raffinerie tirlemontoise, operated for 125 years before closing in 2004. The old workers’ housing and industrial facilities in the centre recall this past.

Lock types in Genappe

The centre retains terraced houses with old mortise locks. Farms in the rural sections often feature heavy locks on original doors. Recent construction (new subdivisions, villas) uses multipoint locks and certified cylinders. The historic sites tied to 1815 (Ferme du Caillou nearby, Napoleon’s headquarters before the battle) sometimes require discreet solutions for protected buildings.

Daily interventions in Genappe

The municipality’s size (90 km², 8 scattered villages) requires solid local knowledge. No direct station: residents use the Nivelles or Court-Saint-Étienne stations. Our team works in all the villages, from the commercial centre to isolated farms.