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Houyet
Houyet () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,485 inhabitants. The total area is 122.31 km², giving a population density of 37 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: Celles, Houyet, Celles, Ciergnon, Custinne, Finnevaux, Hour, Wallonia, Hour, Houyet, Hulsonniaux, Mesnil-Église, Mesnil-Saint-Blaise, and Wanlin. The town of Houyet lies on the river Lesse, some to the southeast of Dinant. Town twins * Rasteau (since 1991) Image gallery File:Celles, église Saint-Hadelin foto4 2012-06-30 13.33.JPG, Celles, church: église Saint-Hadelin Image:Ciergnon, kerk foto1 2012-06-30 12.34.jpg, Ciergnon, church Image:HourView.jpg, Hour, view of the village See also * List of protected heritage sites in Houyet References External links * * (in French) Houyet, Municipalities of Namur (province) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Houyet
This table shows an overview of the beschermd erfgoed, protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Houyet. This list is part of Belgium's National Heritage Site (Belgium), national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Namur (province) *Houyet {{Commons category, Cultural heritage monuments in Houyet 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), Houyet Houyet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houyet
Houyet () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,485 inhabitants. The total area is 122.31 km², giving a population density of 37 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: Celles, Houyet, Celles, Ciergnon, Custinne, Finnevaux, Hour, Wallonia, Hour, Houyet, Hulsonniaux, Mesnil-Église, Mesnil-Saint-Blaise, and Wanlin. The town of Houyet lies on the river Lesse, some to the southeast of Dinant. Town twins * Rasteau (since 1991) Image gallery File:Celles, église Saint-Hadelin foto4 2012-06-30 13.33.JPG, Celles, church: église Saint-Hadelin Image:Ciergnon, kerk foto1 2012-06-30 12.34.jpg, Ciergnon, church Image:HourView.jpg, Hour, view of the village See also * List of protected heritage sites in Houyet References External links * * (in French) Houyet, Municipalities of Namur (province) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celles, Houyet
Celles (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Houyet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is a member of the heritage group ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie'' ("The Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia"). It is served by Gendron-Celles railway station, located several kilometres southwest of the village centre, next to the river Lesse. The Château de Vêves is near the village. It was one of the furthest points that the Wehrmacht advanced during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944) in World War II, which is commemorated by a preserved Panther tank The Panther tank, officially ''Panzerkampfwagen V Panther'' (abbreviated Pz.Kpfw. V) with Sonderkraftfahrzeug, ordnance inventory designation: ''Sd.Kfz.'' 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used in most European theatre of ....see also :nl:Tankmonument (Celles) References External linksWebsite of ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie'': Celles Former mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesse
The Lesse is a river in the Ardennes, in the Walloon region of Belgium. It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. The source of the Lesse is near Libramont-Chevigny, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The Lesse flows roughly in north-western direction. Near Han-sur-Lesse (municipality of Rochefort) the entire river goes underground, flowing through limestone caves. Many of the caves along the banks of the Lesse are important archaeological sites; these include the Trou de Chaleux (by the Cirque de Chaleux), and the Trou des Nutons and Trou du Frontal at Furfooz. The Lesse flows into the river Meuse in the village of Anseremme, municipality of Dinant. Towns along the Lesse are Daverdisse, Han-sur-Lesse, Houyet Houyet () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,485 inhabitants. The total area is 122.31 km², giving a population density of 37 ... and Anseremme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastière
Hastière (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 5,230 inhabitants. The total area is , giving a population density of 93 inhabitants per square kilometre. The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: Agimont, Blaimont, Hastière-Lavaux (location of town hall), Hastière-par-delà, Heer, Wallonia, Heer, Hermeton-sur-Meuse, and Waulsort. Hastière's attractions along the river Meuse include the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Hastière, Abbey Church of Saint Peter, a former Benedictine monastery (at Hastière-Lavaux), the Renaissance Castle of Freÿr surrounded by 18th-century classicism, classical gardens and facing the rock (geology), rocks of Freÿr (north of Waulsort), and the 17th-century buildings of another former Benedictine monastery (at Waulsort). See also * List of protected heritage sites in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauraing
Beauraing (; ) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2018, Beauraing had a total population of 9,160. The total area is 174.55 km2, giving a population density of 52 inhabitants per km2. 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 between 29 November 1932 and 3 January 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 17 June 2021 the town was hit by a small tornado A tornado is a violently rotating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochefort, Belgium
Rochefort (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium, close to the Ardennes. On 1 January 2006, Rochefort had a total population of 12,038. The total area is 165.27 km² which gives a population density of 73 inhabitants per km². It was a resort in the 19th century. The municipality consists of the following districts: Ave-et-Auffe, Buissonville, Éprave, Han-sur-Lesse, Jemelle, Lavaux-Sainte-Anne, Lessive, Mont-Gauthier, Rochefort, Villers-sur-Lesse, and Wavreille. Its ancient position at the crossroads where the route to Saint-Hubert crossed that from Liège to Bouillon required fortifying: the ruins of the old castle, which gave the place its name and a title to a long line of counts who had the right of coining their own money, still exist. This castle underwent many sieges and suffered at the hands of Marshal de Châtillon (1636). Near Rochefort are the red marble quarries of St. Remy, and Rochefort Abbey, a Trappist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciney
Ciney (; ) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. As of 2018, Ciney had a total population of 16,439. The total area is 147.56 km2 which gives a population density of 111 inhabitants per km2. Administrative divisions The municipality consists of the following districts: Achêne, Braibant, Chevetogne, Ciney, Conneux, Leignon, Pessoux, Serinchamps, and Sovet, along with a number of villages, including Chapois. Economy Several beers from the city are now brewed by Alken-Maes Alken-Maes is a Belgium, Belgian brewery created out of the 1988 merger of two small breweries, Maes located at Waarloos, Kontich-Waarloos and Cristal-Alken located at Alken, Belgium, Alken. It was bought by Scottish & Newcastle in 2000, who wer ... and still bear the name: Ciney Blonde, Ciney Brown, and Ciney Special. Those beers were first brewed in 1978. History Ciney was also previously known as Chiney in English.. The city was damaged by a hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasteau
Rasteau (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Town twins * Houyet, Belgium (since 1991) See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Rasteau AOC, a wine appellation covering Rasteau and some neighbouring communes References Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinant
Dinant () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies south-east of Brussels, south-east of Charleroi and south of the city of Namur. Dinant is situated north of the border with France. The municipality consists of the following Deelgemeente#Belgium, districts: Anseremme, Bouvignes-sur-Meuse, Dinant, Dréhance, Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame, Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes and Thynes. Geography Dinant is positioned in the Upper Meuse valley, at a point where the river cuts deeply into the western Condroz, Condroz plateau. Sited in a steep-sided valley, between the rock face and the river, the original settlement had little space in which to grow away from the river, and it therefore expanded into a long, thin town, on a north–south axis, along the river shore. During the 19th century, the former ''Île des Batteu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Dinant
The Arrondissement of Dinant (; ) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Namur, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Dinant also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Philippeville. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Dinant consists of the following municipalities: * Anhée * Beauraing * Bièvre * Ciney * Dinant * Gedinne * Hamois * Hastière * Havelange * Houyet * Onhaye * Rochefort * Somme-Leuze * Vresse-sur-Semois Vresse-sur-Semois (, literally ''Vresse on Semois''; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Alle, Bagimont, Bohan, Chairière, Laforêt, Membre, Mo ... * Yvoir References Arrondissements of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namur Province
Namur (; ; ) is a Provinces of Belgium, province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut Province, Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège Province, Liège and Luxembourg (Belgium), Luxembourg in Belgium, and the France, French department of Ardennes (department), Ardennes. Its capital and largest city is the city of Namur. As of January 2024, the province of Namur has a population of about 0.5 million. Subdivisions It has an area of and is divided into three Arrondissements of Belgium, administrative districts (''arrondissements'' in French language, French) containing a total of 38 municipalities (''communes'' in French language, French). Economy The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 13.5 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.9% of Belgium's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 24,000 € or 80% of the EU27 average in the same year. GDP per person emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
