Hastière
Hastière (; wa, Astire) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the 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 districts: Agimont, Blaimont, Hastière-Lavaux (location of town hall), Hastière-par-delà, Heer, Hermeton-sur-Meuse, and Waulsort. Hastière's attractions along the river Meuse include the Romanesque church of a former Benedictine Monastery (at Hastière-Lavaux), the Renaissance Castle of Freÿr surrounded by 18th-century classical gardens and facing the 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 Hastière This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Hastière. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Hastière
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Hastière. 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, German rugby union ... References * Belgian heritage register: Direction générale opérationnelle - Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Energie (DGwww.dglive.be {{DEFAULTSORT:List of protected heritage sites in Hastiere Lists of protected heritage sites in Namur (province), Hastiere ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hastière Eglise R01
Hastière (; wa, Astire) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the 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 districts: Agimont, Blaimont, Hastière-Lavaux (location of town hall), Hastière-par-delà, Heer, Hermeton-sur-Meuse, and Waulsort. Hastière's attractions along the river Meuse include the Romanesque church of a former Benedictine Monastery (at Hastière-Lavaux), the Renaissance Castle of Freÿr surrounded by 18th-century classical gardens and facing the 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 Hastière This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Hastière. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waulsort
Waulsort ( wa, Åssôrt) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Hastière, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Until the reorganisation of the Municipalities of Belgium 1977, Waulsort was a municipality in its own right. History The Benedictine Waulsort Abbey was founded here in 946. It was dissolved in 1793, during the French Revolution. It was chiefly known as the owner, from the 10th century until its dissolution, of the Lothar Crystal. Geography Waulsort is on the river Meuse and is the location of a weir with a by-pass lock. See also * Waulsortian mudmound A Waulsortian mudmound is a geographical feature formed in warm tropical waters in the Viséan geological age, now transposed to the temperate regions in Europe. It is a type of bioconstruction, rich in fossils. The rock comprises light grey, unbed ... References Former municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arrondissement Of Dinant
The Arrondissement of Dinant (french: Arrondissement de Dinant; nl, Arrondissement Dinant) is one of the three administrative Arrondissements of Belgium, arrondissements in the Wallonia, Walloon Provinces of Belgium, province of Namur (province), Namur, Belgium. It is both an Arrondissements of Belgium#Administrative, administrative and a Arrondissements of Belgium#Judicial, 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 of Belgium, municipalities: * Anhée * Beauraing * Bièvre, Belgium, Bièvre * Ciney * Dinant * Gedinne * Hamois * Hastière * Havelange * Houyet * Onhaye * Rochefort, Belgium, Rochefort * Somme-Leuze * Vresse-sur-Semois * Yvoir Arrondissements of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Houyet
Houyet () is a municipality of Wallonia in the 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 districts: Celles, Ciergnon, Custinne, Finnevaux, 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 This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Houyet. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Onhaye
Onhaye () is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Onhaye had a total population of 3,120. The total area is which gives a population density of . The municipality consists of the following districts: Anthée, Falaën, Gerin, Onhaye, Serville, Sommière, and Weillen. The region is home to several cultural heritage monuments, such as Château de Fontaine and the fortified farmhouse Falaën Castle. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Onhaye This table shows an overview of the beschermd erfgoed, protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Onhaye. This list is part of Belgium's National Heritage Site (Belgium), national heritage. See also * List of protected h ... References External links * Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 Batteurs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Givet
Givet () (german: Gibet Walloon: ''Djivet'') is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France surrounded on three sides by the Belgian border. It lies on the river Meuse where Emperor Charles V built the fortress of Charlemont. It borders the French municipalities of Fromelennes to the east and Rancennes to the south and Foisches to the southeast. Later on, another building was added to the fort, the Caserne Rougé, the longest barracks of France at that time, named after Pierre François, Marquis de Rougé, general of the French armies k.a. 1761. The Pointe de Givet National Nature Reserve is partly located on the commune. History The town's history claims that Saint Hubert lived there in 720 and performed a miracle. The town has changed hands several times since the Roman era before becoming part of France in 1678, and was later invaded by Russians and Germans. During the Napoleonic Wars, the French maintained a camp here for British naval prisoners of war ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castle Of Freÿr
The Castle of Freÿr (french: Château de Freÿr,) with its gardens in the style of Le Nôtre is located in Wallonia on the left bank of the Meuse, between Waulsort and Dinant (province of Namur, Belgium). They form one of the most magnificent natural sites in Belgium. It has been classified as one of Wallonia's major heritage sites. It is often called a greatly reduced Versailles. Originally a Renaissance castle, it was extended in the 18th century and was once the residence of dukes and their royal guests. It has gardens including orange trees. The more than three-hundred-year-old orangeries are the oldest in the Low Countries. The castle Dating back to the Middle Ages, Freÿr was a keep given in fief by the Count of Namur to Jean de Rochefort Orjol in 1378. His granddaughter Marie married Jacques de Beaufort in 1410. Their descendants have kept the estate until the present. Outside The keep was destroyed in 1554 by the French during the wars against Emperor Charles V. The o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doische
Doische (; wa, Dweche) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 2,846 inhabitants. The total area is 84.02 km², giving a population density of 34 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Doische, Gimnée, Gochenée, Matagne-la-Grande, Matagne-la-Petite, Niverlée, Romerée, Soulme, Vaucelles, and Vodelée. Notable residents *Philippe Buchez (1796-1865), historian, sociologist, and Utopian socialist politician * Daniel Petit (1948- ), Canadian politician for the New Democratic Party See also * List of protected heritage sites in Doische This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Doische. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Namur (province) *Doische ... References External links * Official website Municipalities of Namu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Florennes
Florennes (; wa, Florene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. As of 1 January 2006, Florennes has a total population of 10,754. The total area is 133.55 km² which gives a population density of 81 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Corenne, Flavion, Florennes, Hanzinelle, Hanzinne, Hemptinne, Morialmé, Morville, Rosée, Saint-Aubin and Thy-le-Bauduin. Florennes hosts Florennes Air Base, a Belgian military airfield which is the home base for F-16 Fighting Falcon jets. The first week-end of every July, Florennes is a large festival due to the folk walk with a couple of thousand valorous walkers. Cyclists Firmin Lambot, who won the Tour de France in 1919 and in 1922 and Léon Scieur, who won the Tour in 1921, were born in Florennes. The village was formerly the site of Florennes Abbey, dissolved during the French Revolution and since entirely demolished. See also * List of protected he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Namur Province
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 department of Ardennes. Its capital and largest city is the city of Namur. As of January 2019, the province of Namur has a population of 494,325. Subdivisions It has an area of and is divided into three administrative districts (''arrondissements'' in French) containing a total of 38 municipalities (''communes'' in 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 employed was 104% of the EU27 average. List of governors Twinning The Province of Namur is twinned with: * Louga Region, Senegal * Jiangsu Province, China ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |