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N5 road (Belgium)

Coordinates: 50°24′01″N 4°27′10″E / 50.40023°N 4.45276°E / 50.40023; 4.45276
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N5 sign post

The N5 is a road in Belgium connecting the small ring in Brussels and Philippeville via Charleroi (commonly named French: Route de Philippeville till the ring of Charleroi).

This road could be one of the deadliest of the country. This is not only due to the traffic density and the old fashioned road safety features, but also because many country roads are joining onto a high speed lane, namely the tractors harvesting sugar beet.

It has also been part of the history of Belgium in the Battle of Waterloo, during which the Imperial French Army went through this path to join the battlefield of Quatre-Bras/Ligny[1]

The N5 crosses or borders 17 municipalities in total. 4 municipalities are located in the Brussels Capital Region, 1 in Flemish Brabant, 5 in Walloon Brabant, 4 in Hainaut and 3 in Namur. Full municipality list below,[2] main municipalities are in bold.

Region Province Municipality Population Length of N5 (km)
 Brussels Capital Region / City of Brussels 188737 1.0
Saint-Gilles 48837 1.5
Ixelles 87052 1.1
Uccle 85099 6.2
 Flanders  Flemish Brabant Sint-Genesius-Rode 18628 3.5
 Wallonia  Walloon Brabant Waterloo 30356 6.2
Braine-l'Alleud 40346 0.3
Lasne 14299 3.3
Genappe 15611 12.1
Villers-la-Ville 10970 0.1
 Hainaut Les Bons Villers 9510 7.1
Charleroi 202421 13.4
Gerpinnes 12771 5.8
Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes 13725 1.9
 Namur Walcourt 18429 12.0
Philippeville 9243 12.9
Couvin 13871 20.6

Junction list[3][2]

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Province Municipality Section Junction Northbound destinations Southbound destinations
European UnionBelgiumBrussels

Brussels-capital Region

City of Brussels Brussels- Uccle Brussels (188.737 inh.)

R20 Brussels inner ring road

Brussels Waterloo

Charleroi

Saint-Gilles Saint-Gilles (48.837 inh.)

N242 Kastelijn

N261 Louiza, Uccle

Ixelles /
City of Brussels / Uccle The N5 forms the border between the City of Brussels and Uccle.

N241 Churchill, Saint-Gilles, Forest

Uccle R22 Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Zaventem, Brussels Airport
European UnionBelgiumFlanders

Flanders

Flemish Brabant

Sint-Genesius-Rode Sint-Genesius-Rode Sint-Genesius-Rode (18.628 inh.)
European UnionBelgiumWallonia

Wallonia

Walloon Brabant

Waterloo Waterloo - Genappe Waterloo (30.356 inh.) Charleroi
Braine-l'Alleud / Waterloo The N5 forms the border between Braine-l'Alleud and Waterloo.

N253 La Hulpe, Overijse

N27 Nivelles, La Louvière

Waterloo 25 R0, Brussels Ring road Brussels, Brussels Airport, Charleroi, Mons, Ghent, Antwerp, Liège
Lasne Plancenoit (1.592 inh.) Waterloo

Brussels

Genappe N25 Nivelles, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wavre, Leuven

N271 Genappe-Center, Glabais, Lasne, Rixensart

N237 Court-Saint-Étienne, Nivelles

Genappe (15.611 inh.)

Ways (1.258 inh.)

Baisy (3.147 inh.)

Dernier-Patard

Genappe / Villers-la-Ville The N5 forms the border between Genappe and Villers-la-Ville.

N93 Nivelles, Villers-la-Ville, Sombreffe, Namur

Genappe /
European UnionBelgiumWallonia

Wallonia

Hainaut

Les Bons Villers Les Bons Villers - Charleroi Frasnes-lez-Gosselies (3.454 inh.)

Frasnes-lez-Gosselies, Villers-Perwin, Villers-la-Ville

N567 Mellet, Thiméon, Fleurus

Charleroi Charleroi 16 (Gosselies, Genappe) E42 Charleroi, Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Namur, Liège, La Louvière, Mons, Brussels (E420)

Gosselies (10.774 inh.)

N582 Gosselies, Courcelles

N586 Gosselies

23 (Jumet-North) E420 Nivelles, Brussels, Mons (E42), Liège (E42)

N568 Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Fleurus, Farciennes

Jumet (24.585 inh.)

Lodelinsart (8.459 inh.)

N569 Jumet, Marchienne-Docherie, Gilly, Châtelet, Lodelinsart

N585 Charleroi Hospital

Dampremy (6.807 inh.)

28 R9, E420, Charleroi inner ring road Charleroi, Brussels, Namur, Mons, Couvin, Gembloux, Waterloo

Charleroi (202.421 inh.)

N90 Marchienne-au-Pont, Anderlues, Binche, Mons

R9, E420, Charleroi inner ring road Charleroi, Brussels, Namur, Mons, Couvin, Gembloux, Waterloo

Interruption by R9, E420, Charleroi Ring Road with junctions to N53 (Chimay), A503 (Marcinelle), N575 (Châtelet), N90 (Namur, Mons), N29 (Gembloux) and E420 (Brussels)

29 (Porte de la Neuville) R9, E420, Charleroi inner ring road Charleroi, Brussels, Namur, Mons, Couvin, Gembloux, Waterloo

Sambre

N565 Marcinelle

Marcinelle (23.604 inh.)

N576 Couillet, Châtelet

Couillet (11.458 inh.)

8 (Couillet) R3, Grand ring de Charleroi Charleroi, Châtelet, Courcelles, Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Mons (E42), Liège (E42), Namur (E42), Brussels (E420)

Gerpinnes Charleroi - Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes Loverval (1.855 inh.)

N574 Gerpinnes, Mettet

Charleroi Couvin

 France (Reims)

Gerpinnes / Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes The N5 forms the border between Gerpinnes and Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes.

Flaches (Gerpinnes)

Bultia (Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes)

European UnionBelgiumWallonia Wallonia

Namur

Walcourt Walcourt - Couvin Tarcienne (2.209 inh.)

Somzée (1.666 inh.)

N978 Somzée, Gerpinnes, Walcourt, Cerfontaine

Laneffe (2.017 inh.)

Laneffe

N932 Fraire, Walcourt, Mettet, Florennes

Fraire (1.467 inh.)

Yves-Gomezée (1.728 inh.)

Philippeville Philippeville (only northbound)

N40 Philippeville, Beaumont, Dinant, Florennes,  France (Maubeuge, Givet)

Philippeville (9.243 inh.)

Samart, Neuville (only northbound)

N978 Cerfontaine, Froidchapelle

Roly

Couvin N939 Mariembourg, Boussu-en-Fagne

Mariembourg

Mariembourg (2.109 inh.)

Mariembourg, Frasnes-lez-Couvin

Frasnes-lez-Couvin (1.230 inh.)

E420 Couvin-East,  France (Rocroi, Charleville-Mézières, Sedan, Reims)

N99 Pesche, Chimay,  France (Hirson)

Couvin (13.871 inh.)

N99 Petigny, Viroinval, Doische,  France (Givet)

N920  France (Rocroi)

N964 Cul-des-Sarts,  France (Auvillers-les-Forges)

Brûly (419 inh.)

N920 Moulin Manteau

 France (Charleville-Mézières, Reims)
European UnionFranceGrand Est Continuation by D985 to Rocroi, Charleville-Mézières and Reims.

References

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  1. ^ For a detailed count of wounded persons using this road, see orders of battle from Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign, and statistics related to road safety from IBSR [1].
  2. ^ a b "Belgium: Regions, Provinces, Arrondissements, Cities, Municipalities, Sub-Municipalities, Agglomerations, Sectors - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  3. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-04-12.

See also

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