Wallonia
Namur
Arrondissement de Philippeville

Walcourt

Walcourt is a municipality and city of located in the , . On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 17,516 inhabitants. The total area is 123.18 km.
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  • Type: Town with 18,400 residents
  • Description: city in Wallonia, Belgium
  • Also known as: “93088” and “Walecurt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walcourt railway station and Basilica of Saint Maternus.

Railway station
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Church
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The , also known as the Basilica of Our Lady is a minor basilica in Walcourt, in the of Belgium. According to legend, an oratory was founded here by Maternus of Cologne, who also carved a Madonna to replace an earlier pagan idol.

Monastery
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is a monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thy-le-Château and Silenrieux.

Village
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is a village of and a district of the municipality of Walcourt, located in the , . The village is mentioned for the first time in the archives of in the 9th century. is situated 3½ km north of Walcourt.

Village
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is a village of in the municipality of , located in the , Belgium. The earliest evidence of human settlement in the area date from the Iron Age.

Village
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is a village of and a district of the municipality of Walcourt, located in the , . is located by the ancient Roman road connecting and .

Walcourt

Latitude
50.2514° or 50° 15′ 5″ north
Longitude
4.4314° or 4° 25′ 53″ east
Population
18,400
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
9F267C2J+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 79453563
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2784190
Wiki­data ID
Q497565
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Walcourt” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Walcourt”
  • Belarusian: “Валькур”
  • Breton: “Walcourt”
  • Bulgarian: “Валкур”
  • Catalan: “Walcourt”
  • Cebuano: “Walcourt (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Walcourt”
  • Central Kurdish: “والکور”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔库尔”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾庫爾”
  • Dutch: “Walcourt”
  • Esperanto: “Walcourt”
  • Estonian: “Walcourt”
  • French: “Walcourt”
  • German: “Walcourt”
  • Hungarian: “Walcourt”
  • Irish: “Walcourt”
  • Italian: “Walcourt”
  • Latin: “Vallocuria”
  • Latin: “Villa Walcortensis”
  • Limburgan: “Walcourt”
  • Luxembourgish: “Walcourt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walcourt”
  • Norwegian: “Walcourt”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Walcourt”
  • Persian: “ولکور”
  • Polish: “Walcourt”
  • Portuguese: “Walcourt”
  • Romanian: “Walcourt”
  • Russian: “Валькур”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Walcourt”
  • Slovak: “Walcourt”
  • Slovenian: “Walcourt”
  • Spanish: “Walcou”
  • Spanish: “Walcoû”
  • Spanish: “Walcourt”
  • Swedish: “Walcourt (kommun i Belgien)”
  • Swedish: “Walcourt”
  • Turkish: “Walcourt”
  • Vietnamese: “Walcourt”
  • Volapük: “Walcourt”
  • Walloon: “Walcoû”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Walcourt”
  • Zeeuws: “Walcourt”

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