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Floreffe
Floreffe (; wa, Florefe) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2012 the municipality had 7,883 inhabitants. The total area is 38.89 km2, giving a population density of 203 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Floreffe, Floriffoux, Franière, and Soye. In 1977, the newly expanded (thus newly adjoining) municipality of Profondeville was given Lakisse, an area in the southeast of the original Floreffe. Floreffe is best known as the location of Floreffe Abbey Floreffe Abbey is a former Premonstratensian monastery, the second of the order to be founded, situated in Wallonia on the Sambre at Floreffe, about 11 km southwest of Namur, Belgium. History When Norbert of Xanten, founder of the Premo ..., founded in the 12th century and suppressed during the French Revolution. Notable people *Joseph Hanse (1902–1992), Belgian linguist Twin towns * Prata di Pordenone, Italy ...
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List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Floreffe
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Floreffe. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Namur (province) A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List The SC Germania ... {{Commons category, Cultural heritage monuments in Floreffe References * Belgian heritage register: Direction générale opérationnelle - Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Energie (DGwww.dglive.be Lists of protected heritage sites in Namur (province), Floreffe ...
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Floreffe Abbey
Floreffe Abbey is a former Premonstratensian monastery, the second of the order to be founded, situated in Wallonia on the Sambre at Floreffe, about 11 km southwest of Namur, Belgium. History When Norbert of Xanten, founder of the Premonstratensian Order, was returning from Cologne in the year after its foundation with relics for his new church at Prémontré, Godfrey, Count of Namur, and his wife Ermensendis received him in their castle at Namur. He made such an impression on them that they asked him to found a house at Floreffe nearby. The charter by which they made over a church and house to Norbert and his order is dated 27 November 1121, so that Floreffe is, chronologically speaking, the second abbey of the order. Norbert laid the foundations of the church, which was called ''Salve'' ("Save"); the abbey was named ''Flos Mariae'' (the "Flower of Mary"). The chronicles of the abbey relate that while celebrating mass at Floreffe, Saint Norbert saw a drop of blood iss ...
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Profondeville
Profondeville (; wa, Parfondveye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On January 1, 2016, Profondeville had a total population of 12,117. The total area of the municipality is and the population density is 240.70 inhabitants per km². The original municipality of Profondeville was expanded, during the post-1974 fusion of the Belgian municipalities The fusion of the Belgian municipalities (French: ''fusion des communes'', Dutch: ''fusie van Belgische gemeenten'') was a Belgian political process that rationalized and reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium between 1975 and 1983. In ..., with the addition of the '' ancienne communes'' of Arbre, Bois-de-Villers, Lesve, Lustin, Rivière and the Lakisse area from the southeast of the newly-adjoining municipality of Floreffe. Gallery File:Profondeville, église Saint-Remy foto10 2012-06-30 16.36.JPG, Profondeville, church: église Saint-Remy File:Rivière, kerk foto5 2012-06-3 ...
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Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confluence of the rivers Sambre and Meuse and straddles three different regions – Hesbaye to the north, Condroz to the south-east, and Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse to the south-west. The city of Charleroi is located to the west. The language spoken is French. The municipality consists of the following districts: Beez, Belgrade, Boninne, Bouge, Champion, Cognelée, Daussoulx, Dave, Erpent, Flawinne, Gelbressée, Jambes, Lives-sur-Meuse, Loyers, Malonne, Marche-les-Dames, Naninne, Saint-Servais, Saint-Marc, Suarlée, Temploux, Vedrin, Wépion, and Wierde. History Early history The town began as an important trading settlement in Celtic times, straddling east–west and north–south trade rout ...
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Arrondissement Of Namur
The Arrondissement of Namur (french: Arrondissement de Namur) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Namur, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. The territory of the Judicial Arrondissement of Namur coincides with that of the Administrative Arrondissement of Namur. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Namur consists of the following municipalities: * Andenne * Assesse * Éghezée * Fernelmont * Floreffe * Fosses-la-Ville * Gembloux * Gesves * Jemeppe-sur-Sambre * La Bruyère * Mettet * Namur * Ohey * Profondeville * Sambreville * Sombreffe Demography Colors= id:a value:gray(0.9) id:b value:gray(0.7) id:c value:rgb(1,1,1) id:d value:rgb(0.7,0.8,0.9) ImageSize = width:750 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:320000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:b increment:400 ...
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Fosses-la-Ville
Fosses-la-Ville (; wa, Fosse-li-Veye) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Fosses-la-Ville had a total population of 10,449. The total area is 63.24 km² which gives a population density of 165 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Aisemont, Fosses, Le Roux, Sart-Eustache, Sart-Saint-Laurent, and Vitrival. Main sights *Collegiate church of ''Saint-Feuillen'', rebuilt in the 18th century. It has maintained a Romanesque tower from the 10th century. * Chapelle Sainte-Brigide, a small sanctuary built by Irish monks, dedicated to Brigid of Kildare Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogr ... Twin towns * Orbey, France * Robecco sul Naviglio, Italy Gallery Im ...
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