Cerfontaine, Belgium
Cerfontaine
Cerfontinne (Walloon) | |
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Coat of arms of Cerfontaine Coat of arms | |
Cerfontaine is located in Belgium Cerfontaine Location in Belgium
Location of Cerfontaine in the province of Namur | |
| Coordinates: 50°10′N 04°25′E / 50.167°N 4.417°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Namur |
| Arrondissement | Philippeville |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christophe Bombled |
| • Governing party/ies | MR-IC MR |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.44 km2 (32.22 sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 5630 |
| NIS code | 93010 |
| Area codes | 071 |
| Website | www.cerfontaine.be |
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Cerfontaine (French pronunciation: [sɛʁfɔ̃tɛn]; Walloon: Cerfontinne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Cerfontaine had a total population of 4,546. The total area is 83.45 km² which gives a population density of 54 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Cerfontaine, Daussois, Senzeille, Silenrieux, Soumoy, and Villers-Deux-Églises. The Eau d'Heure lakes are situated partly in this municipality and partly in neighbouring Froidchapelle.
History
Postal history
The CERFONTAINE post-office opened on 25 February 1860. It used a Distribution code 98 with vertical bars (before 1864), and 75 with points before 1874. The SILENRIEUX post-office opened on 9 December 1899; SENZEILLES on 21 August 1906.[1] Code 5630 since at least 1990.[2] Postal codes in 1969[3] (before the merger of municipalities in 1977): - 6355 Villers-Deux-Églises - 6444 Silenrieux - 6445 Daussois - 6450 Cerfontaine - 6451 Soumoy - 6452 Senzeille.
Town twinning
- Louiseville, Quebec, Canada
References
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Cerfontaine, Belgium at Wikimedia Commons
- List of protected heritage sites in Cerfontaine, Belgium
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