Tellin (; ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...

located in the

province of Luxembourg Luxembourg (; ; ; ; ; ), also called Belgian Luxembourg or West Luxembourg, is the southernmost Provinces of regions in Belgium, province of Wallonia within Belgium. It borders the country of Luxembourg to the east, the France, French depart ...

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, in the

Ardennes The Ardennes ( ; ; ; ; ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. Geological ...

. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 56.64 km², had 2,386 inhabitants, giving a

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of 42.1 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following

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Bure Bure may refer to: Places Belgium * Bure, Wallonia, Belgium, a small village in the Tellin municipality * Battle of Bure, a World War II battle during the Battle of the Bulge Eritrea and Ethiopia * Bure (disputed zone), on the border between Eri ...

, Grupont,

Resteigne Resteigne (; ) is a village and a sub-municipality of the Belgium, Belgian municipality of Tellin. Resteigne is located in the province of Luxembourg and was an independent municipality until 1 January 1977. See also * Constant d'Hoffschmi ...

, and Tellin.

Sights

The

Bell and Carillon Museum The Bell and Carillon Museum (French: ''Musée de la Cloche et du Carillon''; Dutch: ''Klokken- en Beiaardmuseum'') was a museum from 1992 to 2013 in Tellin in the Belgian Ardennes. The museum was established in a bell foundry that was in service ...

was housed in a former stagecoach inn, from 1992 to 2013. The museum showed the history of the foundry, manufacturing, professional secrets and the work of the bell-founders. In addition, there was a unique set of weather-vanes and clocks.

References

External links

* Municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium) {{LuxembourgBE-geo-stub