Villers-sur-Lesse
Villers-sur-Lesse is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Rochefort, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. In the Middle Ages, the village was a small fief, held by a vassal of the Prince-Bishop of Liège.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 495 residents
- Description: section of Rochefort, Belgium
- Postal code: 5580
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Villers-sur-Lesse and Royal Castle of Ciergnon.
Royal Castle of Ciergnon
Castle
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Castle of Ciergnon or Ciergnon Castle is a residence and summer retreat of the Belgian royal family situated near the town of Ciergnon in the municipality of Houyet, Namur Province, Wallonia. The castle is a property of the Belgian Royal Trust.
Castle of Fenffe
Castle
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Fenffe is situated 4 km northwest of Villers-sur-Lesse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ciergnon and Lessive.
Lessive
Village
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lessive is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Villers-sur-Lesse.
Éprave
Village
Photo: DirkVE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Éprave is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Rochefort, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Éprave was settled already during the third century in the form of an oppidum, the remains of which are still visible in the village. Éprave is situated 3½ km east of Villers-sur-Lesse.
Villers-sur-Lesse
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Rochefort, Arrondissement de Dinant, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.15224° or 50° 9′ 8″ northLongitude
5.1131° or 5° 6′ 47″ eastPopulation
495Elevation
149 metres (489 feet)Open location code
9F275427+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 305129019OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2784613Wikidata ID
Q2745681
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Walloon—“Villers-sur-Lesse” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Villers-sur-Lesse”
- Dutch: “Villers-sur-Lesse”
- French: “Villers-sur-Lesse”
- Hungarian: “Villers-sur-Lesse”
- Irish: “Villers-sur-Lesse”
- Polish: “Villers-sur-Lesse”
- Walloon: “Viyé-so-Lesse”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Villers-sur-Lesse”. Photo: W.Mechelke, CC BY-SA 3.0.