Sclayn
Sclayn is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is located by the river Meuse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,670 residents
- Description: section of Andenne, Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “Andenne (Sclayn)”
- Postal code: 5300
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn and Sclaigneaux railway station.
Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn is a church.
Scladina
Cave
Photo: Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an exhaustive collection of over thirteen thousand Mousterian stone artifacts and the fossilized remains of an especially ancient Neanderthal, called the Scladina child were discovered in 1993.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vezin and Bonneville.
Vezin
Village
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Vezin is a village in Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. There is a partially preserved fortified farm in the village, dating from the 14th century.
Bonneville
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bonneville is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The village church, dedicated to Saint Fermin, is a Romanesque building from the 11th century. Bonneville Castle is located in the village.
Thon-Samson
Village
Photo: Lucyin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thon-Samson is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Thon-Samson is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie association. Thon-Samson is situated 3 km south of Sclayn.
Sclayn
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Andenne, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.48971° or 50° 29′ 23″ northLongitude
5.02847° or 5° 1′ 43″ eastPopulation
1,670Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE SLYOpen location code
9F27F2QH+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 317240852OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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