Chaumont-Gistoux

Chaumont-Gistoux
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Chaumont-Gistoux Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°41′N 04°44′E / 50.683°N 4.733°E / 50.683; 4.733
Country	Belgium
Region	Walloon Region
Community	French Community
Province	Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement	Nivelles
Government
- Mayor	Luc Decorte (ARC)
- Governing party/ies	ARC, Ecolo
Area
- Total	48.09 km2 (18.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
- Total	11,338
- Density	235.8/km2 (610.6/sq mi)
Postal codes	1325
Area codes	010
Website	www.chaumont-gistoux.be
Map of Chaumont-Gistoux

Chaumont-Gistoux is a Walloon municipality 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 commune 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 commune.

Chaumont-Gistoux is on the KW-line, a defensive line erected early in the 2nd World War, intended to prevent invasion from Germany. A small museum houses information about the line and many exhibits from the war.

Her Royal Highness 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.

References

1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)