Seilles ( wa, Seye) is a village of

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—al ...

and a district of the municipality of

Andenne Andenne (; wa, Andene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Andenne had a total population of 25,240. The total area is 86.17 km² which gives a population density of 292 ...

, located in the province of Namur,

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. The village church is dedicated to Saint Stephen. Its tower and

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date from the 11th century, and it contains sculptures from the 16th century as well as funerary monuments from the 17th and 18th centuries. The

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is from the late 18th century. In Seilles there is also a fortified farm, originally from the 14th century.

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* {{Namur-geo-stub Former municipalities of Namur (province) Sub-municipalities of Andenne