Chastre is both a rural town and a residential one, with a population of 6.942 inhabitants,grouped around seven ancient villages: Chastre, Villeroux, Blanmont, Cortil, Noirmont, Gentinnes and Saint-Géry. In the South, it is crossed by the ancient 'Chaussée Brunehaut', a Roman road which linked Bavai to Cologne...

Court-Saint-Etienne is a town with 9.850 inhabitants and is located over an area of nearly 2,700 hectares, a third of which is woodland. Several villages with evocative names enhance the rural nature of the area : Sart-Messire-Guillaume, Beaurieux, Tangissart, La Roche, Faux and Limauges. Court-Saint-Etienne is a green and undulating town, with the rivers Dyle, Thyle and Orne running through it. It has a network of paths and tracks offering beautiful walks. It has good access, being well served by the road network, the railway and the TEC (bus) network.

Mont-Saint-Guibert, is a rural and residential town and it brings together the ancient towns of Corbais, Hévillers and Mont-Saint-Guibert. Together they cover an area of 2,000 hectares with 6,800 inhabitants. The River Orne crosses it from west to east, joined by its tributary, the Houssière, at the place known as “La Fosse”.

The depths of its valleys and the extent of its plateaux make it a varied and haphazard landscape. Its beauty, its picturesque character and its heritage all bear witness to its past and combine to make it a place well worth exploring.

Villers-la-Ville is a town located within the confines of the Walloon Brabant area with fields on one side and woods on the other. The Rivers Thyle and Gentissart have carved their way through this silt-laden landscape, among the blue tinged grey shale.

The villages, Marbais, Mellery, Sart-Dames-Avelines, Tilly and Villers-la-Ville and their hamlets radiate charm, each with its own special attraction, none of which can claim to be more beautiful than the others.

Today, there are 10.000 inhabitants living in the simplicity of a rural environment which retains its Walloon language, its traditions, its folklore and the grandeur of its past. Come and visit the Abbey of Villers-la-Ville and discover the rural and historical heritage of this magnificent region ... 

Walhain, a town born out of a merger of the villages of Walhain-Saint-Paul, Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert, Nil-Saint-Vincent and Nil-Saint-Martin is crossed by a charming little river known as the Hain upstream of the village and the Nil downstream of it. Surrounded with a pleasant vista of green, the town has a historical and architectural heritage which means it is worth taking a detour to visit. There are 6.300 inhabitants.

The Geographical Centre of Belgium is situated in Nil-Saint-Vincent, at the rear of the Place du Tram and right next to the banks of the River Nil.