Suarlée

Suarlée is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur.

Type: Village with 1,470 residents
Description: section of Namur, Wallonia
Also known as: “Suarlee”
Postal code: 5020

Places of Interest

Highlights include Namur-Suarlée Airfield and Fort de Suarlée.

Namur-Suarlée Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: Mini1300, CC0.

Namur-Suarlée Airfield is a regional aerodrome in Belgium, located at Suarlée and Temploux, 7 km west-northwest of Namur, in Namur Province, Wallonia. It is about 65 km southeast of Brussels.

The Fort de Suarlée is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.

Château de Flawinne

Castle

Photo: Marc Ronvaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The château de Flawinne or Castle of Flawinne is in the Belgian village of Flawinne on the outskirts of Namur, Wallonia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Temploux and Rhisnes.

Temploux

Village

Photo: We El, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Temploux is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur. It lies in the Condroz 7 kilometres west of the city centre.

Rhisnes

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rhisnes is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of La Bruyère, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Formerly the center of its own municipality, the post-1974 fusion of the Belgian municipalities brought together seven of these ancienne communes to create the La Bruyère municipality. Rhisnes is situated 3 km northeast of Suarlée.