Quatre Bras is a common name given to a crossroad in French.

More specifically it refers to the crossroad of the Charleroi

Charleroi

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-Brussels

Brussels

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 road (currently named N5

N5 road (Belgium)

The N5 is a road in Belgium connecting the small ring in Brussels and Philippeville via Charleroi....

) and the Nivelles

Nivelles

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-Namur

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 road South of Genappe

Genappe

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 in Wallonia, Belgium

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. On June 16, 1815 near the crossroads of Quatre Bras, the Battle of Quatre Bras

Battle of Quatre Bras

The Battle of Quatre Bras, between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney, was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.- Prelude :...

 (part of the Waterloo Campaign

Hundred Days

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) was fought between contingents of the Anglo-Allied army and the left wing of the French Army.

It is also the name of other crossroads; notably in Tervuren

Tervuren

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 between the Avenue de Tervueren

Avenue de Tervueren

Avenue de Tervueren or Tervurenlaan is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It runs from Merode in the west, connects with Montgomery Square, passes through Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and the Ring at Quatre Bras and finishes at the park in Tervuren.The avenue was commissioned by King Leopold II of...

 (Brussels-Tervuren road) and the Brussels outer ring R0

Brussels Ring

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. The latter is usually referred to as Vier-Armenkruispunt (in Dutch) or Quatre Bras de Tervuren, (in French) and is a key location for car traffic around Brussels.