Somme-Leuze
Somme-Leuze (; wa, Some-Leuze) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,656 inhabitants. The total area is 95.09 km², giving a population density of 49 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Baillonville, Bonsin (including Chardeneux), Heure-en-Famenne, Hogne, Nettinne, Noiseux, Sinsin, Somme-Leuze, and Waillet. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Somme-Leuze This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Somme-Leuze Somme-Leuze (; wa, Some-Leuze) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,656 i ... References External links * Official website Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Somme-Leuze
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Somme-Leuze. 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 ... {{Commons category, Cultural heritage monuments in Somme-Leuze 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), Somme-Leuze Somme-Leuze ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Somme-Leuze
Somme-Leuze (; wa, Some-Leuze) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,656 inhabitants. The total area is 95.09 km², giving a population density of 49 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Baillonville, Bonsin (including Chardeneux), Heure-en-Famenne, Hogne, Nettinne, Noiseux, Sinsin, Somme-Leuze, and Waillet. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Somme-Leuze This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Somme-Leuze Somme-Leuze (; wa, Some-Leuze) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,656 i ... References External links * Official website Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chardeneux
Chardeneux is a village of Wallonia, part of the district of Bonsin, in the municipality of Somme-Leuze, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Chardeneux is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie ("The Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia") association. The village has a Romanesque church and the village houses, from the 18th and 19th centuries, display a uniformity of style typical for the Condroz The Condroz () is a natural region in Wallonia (the French-speaking part of Belgium), located to the north-west of the Ardennes. Its unofficial capital is Ciney. The region preserves the name of the Condrusi, a Germanic tribe which inhabited t ... region. References External links * Populated places in Namur (province) Somme-Leuze {{Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baillonville
Baillonville ( wa, Bayonveye) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Somme-Leuze, located in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. From the early Middle Ages until 1706, the village belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The ownership then passed between several aristocratic families until the French Revolution. The village contains the Château de Baillonville, built in 1806 in a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style. The village church, dedicated to Hubertus, Saint Hubert, has Romanesque architecture, Romanesque foundations. There is also a chapel from 1895 with a memorial plaque honouring American troops who fought here during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. References External links * Former municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heure-en-Famenne
Heure-en-Famenne is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Somme-Leuze, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The location appears to have been inhabited already by the Franks, as a Frankish burial site has been discovered just outside the village. In 876, Louis the German donated a royal estate here to one of his confidants. The village belonged to Waulsort Abbey until 1739. During the 19th century, there were pyrite and lead mines operating in the village. They closed in 1939. The village church dates from the 17th century. In the village there is also a memorial commemorating four civilians shot by German troops in 1914, during World War I and the Rape of Belgium The Rape of Belgium was a series of systematic war crimes, especially mass murder and deportation and enslavement, by German troops against Belgian civilians during the invasion and occupation of Belgium in World War I. The neutrality o .... References External links * Former m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noiseux
Noiseux ( wa, Nwezeu) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Somme-Leuze, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Near Noiseux flows the Ourthe The Ourthe (; Walloon: ''Aiwe d' Oûte'') is a long river in the Ardennes in Wallonia (Belgium). It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Ourthe is formed at the confluence of the ''Ourthe Occidentale'' (Western Ourthe) and the ''Ourthe ... river for a short distance through the province of Namur. References *Official website Somme-Leuze Former municipalities of Namur (province) Somme-Leuze {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Havelange
Havelange (; wa, Havlondje) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,844 inhabitants. The total area is 104.73 km², giving a population density of 45 inhabitants per km². Other centres Apart from Havelange itself, the municipality also comprises the following districts : * Barvaux-Condroz, including the eponymous castle, still owned by the noble Aspremont-Lynden family * Flostoy, including the hamlet of Bormenville and its castle * Jeneffe * Maffe * Méan * Miécret * Porcheresse * Verlée See also * List of protected heritage sites in Havelange This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Havelange. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Namur (province) A ''list'' is any se ... References External links * Official website(in French) Municipalities of Namur (prov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hamois
Hamois (; wa, Hamwè) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The village is around south-east of the city of Namur. On 1 January 2020 the municipality had 7,375 inhabitants. The total area is 76.42 km2, giving a population density of 96.5 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Achet, Emptinne, Hamois, Mohiville, Natoye, Schaltin, and Scy. Mouffrin Castle in Gemenne and Ry Castle are both in Hamois, and continue to be in the possession of the noble Aspremont-Lynden family. Multiple other castles, still owned and inhabited by other noble families, are spread all over the municipality. One of them, the Castle of Skeuvre, still owned and inhabited by the de Beaudignies family, is noticeably known as the " Spirou Castle", after Franquin got inspiration from it to create the Champignac castle that is depicted in these comics. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Hamois This table shows ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ciney
Ciney (; wa, Cînè) is a city and municipality 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 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 heavy storm on 14 July 2010. The bell tower, the city's symbol and also Ciney's beer symbol, collapsed on its nave. No injuries were reported. Reconstruction took more than a year and cost some million euros. Demography Education Ciney ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marche-en-Famenne
Marche-en-Famenne (, literally ''Marche in Famenne''; wa, Måtche-el-Fåmene, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The municipality consists of the following districts: Aye, Hargimont, Humain, Marche-en-Famenne, On, Roy, and Waha. Other population centres include Grimbiémont, Hollogne, Lignières, Marloie, and Verdenne. History Middle Ages In the early Middle Ages, Marche was just a little hamlet on the Marchette brook, one of the dependencies of the nearby Abbey of Stavelot Stavelot (; german: Stablo ; wa, Ståvleu) is a town and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Francorchamps and Stavelot. It is best known as the home of Sp .... In the 12th century, this territory was made part of the County of La Roche-en-Ardenne, La Roche. It was ideally located, on the main road between Namur and Luxembourg City, and quickly evolved int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hotton
Hotton (; wa, Houton) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The municipality lies 12 kilometers from Marche-en-Famenne in the Ardennes and has more than 5,400 inhabitants. The river Ourthe crosses Hotton. The municipality consists of the following districts: Hampteau, Hotton, Marenne and Fronville. There are also several hamlets: Bourdon, Deulin, Ménil-Favay, Monville, Monteuville, Melreux, Ny and Werpin. The municipality lies in the Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne. In the west it borders the province of Namur. History The first history of Hotton dates from Roman times, when Hotton was an oppidum. Multiple Roman excavations have been found at Ti-Château, a strengthened Roman encampment. The village of Hotton was first mentioned in medieval documents as ''Hottine'' in 1187. Hotton was part of the medieval county of La Roche till the 16th century, when it was taken over by the lords of Montaigu. In 1791, Hotton became a free vil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Durbuy
Durbuy (; wa, Derbu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The total area is 156.61 km², consisting of the following districts: Barvaux, Bende, Bomal, Borlon, Durbuy, Grandhan, Heyd, Izier, Septon, Tohogne, Villers-Sainte-Gertrude, and Wéris. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 11,374 inhabitants with the most populous town of the municipality being Barvaux. Durbuy, for commercial reasons, often calls itself the world's smallest city, although Belgium's official smallest town, since 2006, is Mesen. History In medieval times, Durbuy was an important centre of commerce and industry. In 1331, the town was elevated to the rank of city by John I, Count of Luxemburg, and King of Bohemia. In 1628 Anthonie II Schetz obtains the Seigneurie of Durbuy, by permission of Felipe IV of Spain. One of the people connected to the city was the son of Lancelot II: Charles Hubert Augustin Schetz, (1662-1726), Count of Durbuy. In 17 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |