Bomel is a borough of the city of

Namur Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namu ...

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 ...

. It is located behind the

Namur railway station Namur railway station (french: Gare de Namur, nl, Station Namen), officially Namur, is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600 people every day, making it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the bu ...

and limited by the slopes that rise to the north of Namur. The space it occupies is triangular area bounded by the valley of the Arquet to the east and the valley of the

Houyoux The Houyoux is a northern tributary stream of the river Meuse in Belgium, flowing through Hesbaye in the province of Namur. The Houyoux rises in Warisoulx passing through the villages of Villers-lez-Heest, Rhisnes, the Namur city suburbs of ...

west and the city centre of Namur to the south.

Architecture

Les Abattoirs de Bomel (1946)

Built between 1939 and 1946, the Slaughterhouse of Bomel was entirely restored by Emmanuel Bouffioux's architectural firm BAEB in 2014. The ''Abattoirs de Bomel'' now houses a Cultural Centre. Les Abattoirs de Bomel

References

Geography of Namur (city) Populated places in Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub