| Nivelles | |
|---|---|
| Walloon Parliament constituency | |
 Nivelles | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Seats | 8 |
Nivelles is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Parliament of Wallonia since 1995. It corresponds to the Arrondissement of Nivelles.
| Representatives of Nivelles (1995–present) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Election | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | ||||||||
| 1995 | Léon Walry (PS) | Marcel Cheron (Ecolo) | André Antoine (PSC) | Maurice Dehu (PS) | Raymond Willems (PRL) | Jean-Paul Wahl (MR) | Serge Kubla (MR) | 7 seats | ||||||||
| 1999 | Alain Trussart (Ecolo) | Jacques Otlet (PRL) | Pierre Boucher (PRL) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Benoît Langendries (CDH) | Maurice Dehu (PS) | Brigitte Defalque (MR) | Serge Kubla (MR) | Véronique Bidoul (MR) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Marianne Saenen (Ecolo) | Florence Reuter (MR) | Sybille de Coster-Bauchau (MR) | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Anne Lambelin (PS) | Hélène Ryckmans (Ecolo) | André Antoine (CDH) | Hassan Idrissi (PS) | Chantal Versmissen-Sollie (MR) | Lyseline Louvigny (MR) | Olivier Maroy (MR) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Dimitri Legasse (PS) | Laurent Heyvaert (Ecolo) | Valerie De Bue (MR) | Sybille de Coster-Bauchau (MR) | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Anne Lambelin (PS) | Céline Tellier (Ecolo) | Vincent Blondel (Les Engagés) | Armel Gysen (Les Engagés) | Nicolas Janssen (MR) | Anne-Catherine Dalcq (MR) | ||||||||||
Walloon Brabant is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut. Walloon Brabant's capital and largest city is Wavre.
Nivelles is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monstreux.
In France, the Chemin des Dames is part of the route départementale D18 and runs east and west in the Aisne department, between in the west, the Route Nationale 2, and in the east, the D1044 at Corbeny. It is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) long and runs along a ridge between the valleys of the rivers Aisne and Ailette.
Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium.
Robert Georges Nivelle was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. In May 1916, he succeeded Philippe Pétain as commander of the French Second Army in the Battle of Verdun, leading counter-offensives that rolled back the German forces in late 1916. During these actions he and General Charles Mangin were accused of wasting French lives. He gives his name to the Nivelle Offensive.
Nivelles-Baulers was a 2.314 mi (3.724 km) race track in Nivelles /Nijvel near Brussels, Belgium.
The Open de France is a European Tour golf tournament. Inaugurated in 1906 it is the oldest national open in Continental Europe and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the tour's inception in 1972. The 100th edition of the event was held in 2016. The 2022 edition will take place between 22 and 25 September on the Golf National course. There will be €3 million of prize fund. Last edition played was the 2019 tournament, won by Nicolas Colsaerts.
The Nivelle offensive was a Franco-British operation on the Western Front in the First World War which was named after General Robert Nivelle, the commander-in-chief of the French metropolitan armies, who led the offensive. The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking through the German defences on the Aisne front within 48 hours, with casualties expected to be around 10,000 men. A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First, Third and Fifth armies at Arras, to capture high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne. The main offensive was to be delivered by the French on the Chemin des Dames ridge. A subsidiary attack was to be made by the Fourth Army. The final stage of the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies, having broken through the German lines, to pursue the defeated German armies towards the German frontier.
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.
Itta of Metz, O.S.B. was the wife of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia. After his death, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.
The Battle of Nivelle took place in front of the river Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular War (1808–1814). After the Allied siege of San Sebastian, Wellington's 80,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish troops were in hot pursuit of Marshal Soult who had 60,000 men to place in a 20-mile perimeter. After the Light Division, the main British army was ordered to attack and the 3rd Division split Soult's army in two. By two o'clock, Soult was in retreat and the British in a strong offensive position. Soult had lost another battle on French soil and had lost 4,500 men to Wellington's 5,500.
The Arrondissement of Nivelles is an arrondissement in Wallonia and Belgium. It is the only arrondissement in the province of Walloon Brabant, and is coterminous with it. Before 1995, it was one of three arrondissements in the Province of Brabant.
Jules Philippe Marie de Burlet was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.
The Second Army was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. The Army became famous for fighting the Battle of Verdun in 1916 under Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle.
Nivelle is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
European route E 420 is a north-south European route from Nivelles in Belgium to Reims in France.
Miss Earth Belgium is a title given to a woman who is selected to represent Belgium at Miss Earth, an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The national pageant of Miss Earth for Belgium is conducted by Miss Exclusive to which Carousel Productions, the owner of Miss Earth, awarded the franchise in 2014. The winner of Miss Exclusive gets the title of Miss Earth Belgium.
The canton of Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle is a canton of France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Its chief town is Ustaritz.
Nivelles railway station is a railway station in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 1 June 1874 and is located on railway line 124. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).