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Villers la Ville

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Country
  
Belgium

Region
  
Wallonia

Area codes
  
071

Local time
  
Monday 6:01 PM

Area code
  
071

Community
  
French Community

Postal codes
  
1495

Postal code
  
1495

Province
  
Walloon Brabant

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Website
  
www.villers-la-ville.be

Weather
  
14°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 59% Humidity

Arrondissement
  
Arrondissement of Nivelles

Governing parties
  
Mouvement Réformateur, Parti Socialiste

Villers-la-Ville is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Villers-la-Ville had a total population of 9,572. The total area is 47.45 km² which gives a population density of 202 inhabitants per km². The municipality includes also the villages of Marbais, Mellery, Sart-Dames-Avelines and Tilly.

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Map of 1495 Villers-la-Ville, Belgium

In the north of the village, lie the ruins of the Villers Abbey, which was one of the most important Cistercian abbeys of Europe.

History

To be expanded

Postal history

The MARBAIS post-office opened on 1 June 1838. It used a postal Distribution code 33 with bars (before 1864), and code 235 with points before 1874. The VILLERS-LA-VILLE post-office opened on 10 February 1865. SART-DAMES-AVELINES on 15 October 1877, TILLY on 8 November 1906.

Postal codes in 1969:

  • 6318 Marbais
  • 6320 Villers-la-Ville
  • 6321 Tilly
  • 6322 Mellery
  • 6328 Sart-Dames-Avelines
  • Code 1495 since at least October 1990.

    Transport

  • Villers-la-Ville railway station
  • Tilly railway station, in the sub-municipality of Tilly
  • References

    Villers-la-Ville Wikipedia