Beauraing (; wa, Biarin) is a city and municipality of
Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...
located in the
province of Namur
Namur (; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French depar ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
.
On January 1, 2018, Beauraing had a total population of 9,160. The total area is 174.55 km
2, giving a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopu ...
of 52 inhabitants per km
2.
History
The municipality of Beauraing was created in 1977 and consists of the following districts: Beauraing,
Baronville,
Dion,
Felenne,
Feschaux,
Focant,
Froidfontaine,
Honnay,
Javingue,
Martouzin-Neuville,
Pondrôme,
Vonêche,
Wancennes,
Wiesme and
Winenne.
Beauraing is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics ever since five children and young adults reported 33 apparitions of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother ...
between November 29, 1932, and January 3, 1933. The sobriquet applied to these apparitions is
Our Lady of Beauraing, the ''
Virgin of the Golden Heart''. The apparitions are among those which are officially sanctioned by the Church.
On June 17th, 2021, the town was hit by a small
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, alt ...
, damaging 92 houses and injuring several people.
See also
*
List of protected heritage sites in Beauraing
References
External links
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Beauraing
Cities in Wallonia
Municipalities of Namur (province)
Shrines to the Virgin Mary
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