Rhisnes
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,970 residents
- Description: section of La Bruyère, Belgium
- Also known as: “La Bruyère (Rhisnes)”
- Postal code: 5080
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhisnes railway station and Namur-Suarlée Airfield.
Rhisnes railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rhisnes railway station is a railway stop.
Namur-Suarlée Airfield
Aerodrome
Namur-Suarlée Airfield is a regional aerodrome in Belgium, located at Suarlée and Temploux, 4 nautical miles west-northwest of Namur, in Namur Province, Wallonia. Namur-Suarlée Airfield is situated 3 km southwest of Rhisnes.
Fort de Suarlée
Ruins
Photo: Caemir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Émines and Suarlée.
Émines
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Émines is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of La Bruyère, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was a municipality in its own right before the fusion of Belgian municipalities in 1977. Émines is situated 3 km east of Rhisnes.
Suarlée
Village
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. Suarlée is situated 3 km southwest of Rhisnes.
Saint-Marc
Village
Saint-Marc 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. Saint-Marc is situated 3½ km southeast of Rhisnes.
Rhisnes
- Categories: human settlement, municipality section, and locality
- Location: La Bruyère, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.50569° or 50° 30′ 21″ northLongitude
4.80389° or 4° 48′ 14″ eastPopulation
1,970Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)Open location code
9F26GR43+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 344961457OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2788111Wikidata ID
Q3429515
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Walloon—“Rhisnes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rhisnes”
- Dutch: “Rhisnes”
- French: “Rhisnes”
- Irish: “Rhisnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhisnes”
- Polish: “Rhisnes”
- Russian: “Рин”
- Walloon: “Rénne”
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