Waterloo, Belgium

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Waterloo, Belgium is a town in Walloon Brabant best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s decisive defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

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Waterloo, Belgium canonical 7
Waterloo 4
Waterloo, present-day Belgium 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
municipality
town
belligerent First French Empire
surface form: French Empire

War of the Seventh Coalition
surface form: Seventh Coalition
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
surface form: Duke of Wellington

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Napoleon Bonaparte
coordinateLocation 50.7167°N 4.4000°E
country Belgium
date 18 June 1815
distanceToBrussels about 20 km south
economy retail and commerce
services sector
hasHeritageSite Church of Saint Joseph of Waterloo
Hougoumont farm
Lion’s Mound
Wellington Museum
hasMonument Lion’s Mound
Butte du Lion de Waterloo
surface form: Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo
hasMuseum Memorial 1815
Wellington Museum
hasTwinTown Nagakute
surface form: Nagakute, Japan

Rueil-Malmaison, France
Versailles
surface form: Versailles, France

Waterloo, Ontario
historicalRegion Brabant
knownFor Battle of Waterloo
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Wallonia
Walloon Brabant
locatedNear Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
location Waterloo, Belgium self-linksurface differs
nearbyMunicipality Braine-l'Alleud
surface form: Braine-l’Alleud

La Hulpe
Lasne
officialLanguage French
partOf Napoleonic Wars
arrondissement of Nivelles
postalCode 1410
province Walloon Brabant
region Wallonia
result decisive defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte
roadConnection Brussels–Charleroi road
surface form: Brussels–Charleroi motorway
significantEvent Battle of Waterloo
subdivisionType municipality of Belgium
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
tourism battlefield tourism

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Waterloo Bridge namedAfter Waterloo, Belgium
Benny Andersson coWriterOf Waterloo, Belgium
this entity surface form: Waterloo
Waterloo, Iowa namedAfter Waterloo, Belgium
La Haye Sainte farm locatedIn Waterloo, Belgium
subject surface form: La Haye Sainte
this entity surface form: Waterloo
Papelotte farm locatedIn Waterloo, Belgium
this entity surface form: Waterloo
Lion’s Mound locatedIn Waterloo, Belgium
this entity surface form: Waterloo
Waterloo, Belgium location Waterloo, Belgium self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo, Indiana namedAfter Waterloo, Belgium
Major Georg Baring locationOfActivity Waterloo, Belgium
subject surface form: Georg Baring
this entity surface form: Waterloo, present-day Belgium
Battle of Waterloo memorial locatedIn Waterloo, Belgium
Jean-François Van Geel workLocation Waterloo, Belgium