Houyet () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Wallonia
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in the
province of Namur
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,
Belgium
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.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,485 inhabitants. The total area is 122.31 km², giving a
population density
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of 37 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following
districts
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:
Celles,
Ciergnon,
Custinne,
Finnevaux,
Hour
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time historically reckoned as of a day and defined contemporarily as exactly 3,600 seconds ( SI). There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day.
The hour was initially establis ...
, Houyet,
Hulsonniaux,
Mesnil-Église,
Mesnil-Saint-Blaise, and
Wanlin.
The town of Houyet lies on the river
Lesse
The Lesse is a river in the Ardennes, in the Walloon region of Belgium. It is a right tributary to the river Meuse.
The source of the Lesse is near Libramont-Chevigny, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The Lesse flows roughly in north-weste ...
, some to the southeast of
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 ...
.
Town twins
*
Rasteau
Rasteau (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Town twins
* Houyet, Belgium (since 1991)
See also
*Communes of the Vaucluse department
The following is a list of the ...
(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 beschermd erfgoed, protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Houyet. This list is part of Belgium's National Heritage Site (Belgium), national heritage.
See also
* List of pro ...
References
External links
*
* (in French)
Municipalities of Namur (province)
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