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Walhain

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Walhain
Municipality
Ruins of Walhain castle (12th century)
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Walhain
Walhain Location in Belgium The municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant
Coordinates: 50°38′N 04°42′E / 50.633°N 4.700°E / 50.633; 4.700
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement	Nivelles
Government
• Mayor	Xavier Dubois (cdH) (Avenir Communal)
• Governing party/ies	Avenir Communal - Ecolo
Area
• Total	38.08 km² (14.70 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	7,167
• Density	190/km² (490/sq mi)
Postal codes	1457
NIS code	25124
Area codes	010
Website	www.walhain.be

Walhain (French pronunciation: [walɛ̃]; Walloon: Walin) is a municipalityofWallonia 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]

Centre of Belgium

Villages of the municipality[edit]

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[edit]

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).