Fosses-la-Ville (; wa, Fosse-li-Veye) is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

and

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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

province of Namur 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 depart ...

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. On January 1, 2018, Fosses-la-Ville had a total population of 10,449. The total area is 63.24 km² which gives a

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of 165 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following

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: Aisemont, Fosses, Le Roux, Sart-Eustache,

Sart-Saint-Laurent Sart-Saint-Laurent ( wa, Li Sårt-Sint-Lorint) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality Fosses-la-Ville, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The village has a few streets of houses and is mostly surrounded by small far ...

, and Vitrival.

Main sights

*Collegiate church of ''Saint-Feuillen'', rebuilt in the 18th century. It has maintained a Romanesque tower from the 10th century. * Chapelle Sainte-Brigide, a small sanctuary built by Irish monks, dedicated to

Brigid of Kildare Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogra ...

Twin towns

Orbey Orbey (; german: Urbeis; gsw-FR, Urwes) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of ...

, France *

Robecco sul Naviglio Robecco sul Naviglio (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan. Twin towns * Fosses-la-Ville, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: ...

, Italy

Gallery

Image:Fosses-la-Ville JPG001.jpg, Brigit of Kildare's chapel in Fosses-la-Ville File:Fosses JPG01.jpg, Route N922, entry of the town Fosses-la-ville File:Vitrival, toren van église Saint Pierre in straatzicht foto5 2015-06-05 14.33.jpg, Church ( l'église Saint Pierre) in the street of Vitrival File:Le Roux, oorlogsmonument foto5 2015-06-05 14.11.jpg, War memorial in Le Roux

References

External links

*
Official website
Cities in Wallonia Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub