Bertrix (; wa, Bietris) is a

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Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

located in the

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. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 137.7 km², had 8,164 inhabitants, giving a

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of 59.3 inhabitants per km². Bertrix is home to the

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reserve

Jehonville Air Base Jehonville Air Base is a NATO reserve airfield located in Jehonville, a municipality in Bertrix, Belgium. It is operated by the Belgian Air Component even though there are no regular operations at that field. See also * List of airports in B ...

Geography

The municipality consists of the following

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: Auby-sur-Semois, Bertrix,

Cugnon Cugnon is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bertrix, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977. Cugnon merged under the French ...

, Jehonville, and Orgeo. Other population centers include:

Climate

Transport

Bertrix railway station, in the east of the town, has regular train services to

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and

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. On week-days trains run via Virton and Aubange to

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Twin towns

Bertrix is twinned with: * Charmes (

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) (since 1968) * Rusca Montana (

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) (since 1990) *

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(United States) (since 1992)

Image gallery

Image:Bertrix JPG02.jpg, The town hall Image:Bertrix JPG01.jpg, Bertrix: St Stephen's Church

References

External links

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