Waterloo, Municipality in Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Waterloo is a municipality south of Brussels in Walloon Brabant, made up of six districts and marked by residential areas, shops, and green spaces. The built environment ranges from older village cores to newer developments, crossed by quiet streets and occasional thoroughfares.
The area was a rural scatter of farms in the 18th century until the 1815 battle brought it to European attention. The municipality grew during the 19th and 20th centuries through migration and mergers into a commuter community near the capital.
The name comes from a farmstead near a former stream, which later became the village center. Visitors today find memorials and museums dedicated to early 19th-century military events, drawing tour groups from across Europe.
The town center sits along the main road running south from Brussels and is reachable by public transport. Visiting the memorials and the mound requires several hours and comfortable footwear for walking.
An old inn at the edge of town still shows rooms where allied officers spent the night before the battle. The building now serves as a small museum displaying period furniture and maps from that era.
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