Viroinval

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Viroinval
Municipality
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Flag of Viroinval
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Viroinval is located in Belgium
Viroinval
Viroinval
Location in Belgium
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Location of Viroinval in the province of Namur
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Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Namur
Arrondissement Philippeville
Government
 • Mayor Freddy Cabaraux (PS)
 • Governing party/ies PS, CDH
Area
 • Total 120.90 km2 (46.68 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
 • Total 5,810
 • Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Postal codes 5670
Area codes 060
Website www.viroinval.be

Viroinval (French pronunciation: ​[viʁwɛ̃val], Walloon: Virwinvå) is a Walloon municipality located in Belgium in the province of Namur. On January 1, 2006 Viroinval had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 120.90 km² which gives a population density of 47 inhabitants per km².

Villages in Viroinval

The name Viroinval, Viroin (River) Valley, was chosen for the municipality that was formed by fusing eight villages, in 1977: Dourbes, Mazée, Le Mesnil, Nismes, Oignies-en-Thiérache, Olloy-sur-Viroin, Treignes, Vierves-sur-Viroin.[2]

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    Dourbes

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    Nismes

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    Olloy-sur-Viroin

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    Treignes

  • Vierves-sur-Viroin

Attractions

Monument for the geographical centre of the EU until its May 2004 expansion

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See also: List of protected heritage sites in Viroinval
  • From 1995 to 2004, Viroinval was the location of the geographical centre of the European Union, at coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. in Oignies-en-Thiérache, and a monument there records that finding. On May 1, 2004 the EU expanded from fifteen states to twenty-five, and the geographical centre of the union moved eastwards to the village of Kleinmaischeid, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. On 1 January 2007 it shifted even further south-eastwards.
  • The tourist steam train line Mariembourg–Treignes has most of its stations in villages of Viroinval: Nismes, Olloy-sur-Viroin, Vierves-sur-Viroin, and Treignes.[3] The latter village has a relevant museum.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
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External links

 Philippeville, Doische Hierges (FR-08)
Couvin Vireux-Molhain (FR-08)
Montigny-sur-Meuse (FR-08)
Fépin (FR-08)
  Viroinval  
Fumay (FR-08) Haybes (FR-08)

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