Sosoye

Sosoye is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Anhée, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Sosoye lies in the valley of the Molignée and had 151 inhabitants in 2007.

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Type: Village with 143 residents
Description: section of Anhée, Wallonia, Belgium
Also known as: “Anhée (Sosoye)”
Postal code: 5537

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Sosoye and Maredsous Abbey.

Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Sosoye

Church

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Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Sosoye is a church.

Maredsous Abbey

Monastery

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Maredsous Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at Maredsous, in the municipality of Anhée, Wallonia, Belgium. It is a founding member of the Annunciation Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation.

Falaën Castle

Castle

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Falaën Castle is a château-ferme, or fortified farmhouse, in the village of Falaën, municipality of Onhaye, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The castle was built between 1670 and 1673 by the Polchet Family to protect themselves from traveling bands of brigands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maredsous and Falaën.

Maredsous

Hamlet

Photo: Noben k, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Maredsous is a hamlet of the village of Denée, Wallonia, located in the municipality of Anhée, province of Namur, Belgium. The Maredsous Abbey was founded in 1872 by Beuron monks and is built in Gothic Revival style.

Falaën

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Falaën is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Onhaye, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Falaën is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie association. Falaën Castle and the ruins of Montaigle Castle are located in the village.

Denée

Village

Denée is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Anhée, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Maredsous Abbey and Maredret Abbey are located nearby, in the hamlet of Maredsous. Denée is situated 3½ km northwest of Sosoye.

Sosoye

Categories: municipality section and locality
Location: Anhée, Arrondissement de Dinant, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.29558° or 50° 17′ 44″ north

Longitude

4.78157° or 4° 46′ 54″ east

Population

143

Elevation

146 metres (479 feet)

Open location code

9F267QWJ+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 686681323

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2786355

Wikidata ID

Q2587670

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Walloon—“Sosoye” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Сосойе”
Catalan: “Sosoye”
Cebuano: “Sosoye”
Dutch: “Sosoye”
French: “Sosoye”
German: “Sosoye”
Irish: “Sosoye”
Persian: “سوسویه”
Polish: “Sosoye”
Swedish: “Sosoye”
Walloon: “Sôzoye”

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Highlights include Salle La Sosoyarde and Montagne de Sosoye.

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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 “Sosoye”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.