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Wavre
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<p>Wavre is a <a href="/facts/City_status_in_Belgium/NQhztsqz">city</a> and <a href="/facts/Municipalities_in_Belgium/DqnjmDr8">municipality</a> of <a href="/facts/Wallonia/rXg1nkTV">Wallonia</a>, and the capital of the <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Belgium/uzYYX0le">province</a> of <a href="/facts/Walloon_Brabant/Wd7zA3aE">Walloon Brabant</a>, <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a>. </p><p>Wavre is in the <a href="/facts/Dijle/VeKQLvEk">Dyle</a> valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and "Wavriennes". </p><p>The municipality consist of the following <a href="/facts/Deelgemeente/Q58p59L3">sub-municipalities</a>: <a href="/facts/Bierges/h51oH7M7">Bierges</a>, <a href="/facts/Limal/FeywykYD">Limal</a>, and Wavre proper. </p><p>Wavre is also called "the City of the Maca", referring to the statue of the small boy trying to climb the wall of the city hall. Tradition holds that touching the Maca's buttocks brings a year of luck. </p>