N5 (Belgium)

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]

Province	Municipality	Section	Junction	Northbound destinations	Southbound destinations
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
Flanders Flemish Brabant	Sint-Genesius-Rode	Sint-Genesius-Rode	Sint-Genesius-Rode (18.628 inh.)
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		/
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	Charleroi - Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes	The N5 forms the border between Gerpinnes and Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes. Flaches (Gerpinnes) Bultia (Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes)
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
	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)
	Continuation by D985 to Rocroi, Charleville-Mézières and Reims.