Tilly, Belgium

Tilly (Walloon: Tiyî) is a village of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Villers-la-Ville, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

It had a population of 1,707 inhabitants on December 31, 2007.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559-1631), a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War, was born here.

Near the village lies a Gallo-Roman tumulus called the Tumulus of Tilly.

Transport
  • Tilly railway station

References

50°34′N 4°33′E

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