La Bruyère

La Bruyère is a municipality of located in the , . The municipality is composed of the following districts: Bovesse, , Meux, Rhisnes, Saint-Denis-Bovesse, Villers-lez-Heest, and .
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  • Type: Village with 9,280 residents
  • Description: municipality in Wallonia, Belgium
  • Also known as: 92141”, “La Bruyere”, and “La Bruyère, Belgium
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint-Denis-Bovesse railway station and Fort d’Emines.

Railway stop
is a railway stop.

The Fort d'Emines is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in . It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. is situated 4 km southeast of La Bruyère.

Railway stop
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a railway stop, which is situated 4 km south of La Bruyère.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhisnes and Meux.

Village
is a town of and a district of the municipality of La Bruyère, located in the , . 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.

Village
is a village.

Village
is a village of and a district of the municipality of La Bruyère, located in the , . It was a municipality in its own right before the fusion of Belgian municipalities in 1977.

La Bruyère

Latitude
50.5335° or 50° 32′ 1″ north
Longitude
4.8097° or 4° 48′ 35″ east
Population
9,280
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
9F26GRM5+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 688460919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2788112
Wiki­data ID
Q715422
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“La Bruyère” goes by many names.
  • Basque: La Bruyère
  • Breton: La Bruyère
  • Bulgarian: Ла Брюйер
  • Catalan: La Bruyère
  • Cebuano: La Bruyère (parokya sa Belhika, Wallonia, Province de Namur, lat 50,55, long 4,80)
  • Cebuano: La Bruyère
  • Central Kurdish: لا بوێر
  • Chinese: 拉布吕埃
  • Chinese: 拉布吕耶尔
  • Dutch: La Bruyere (Belgie)
  • Dutch: La Bruyere
  • Dutch: La Bruyère
  • Esperanto: La Bruyère
  • French: La Bruyere
  • French: La Bruyère
  • German: La Bruyère
  • Hungarian: La Bruyère
  • Irish: La Bruyère
  • Italian: La Bruyère
  • Limburgan: La Bruyère
  • Luxembourgish: La Bruyère
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Bruyère
  • Norwegian: La Bruyère
  • Occitan (post 1500): La Bruyère
  • Persian: لبرویر
  • Polish: La Bruyère
  • Portuguese: La Bruyère
  • Romanian: La Bruyère
  • Slovak: La Bruyère
  • Spanish: La Bruyere
  • Spanish: La Bruyère
  • Swedish: La Bruyère, Belgien
  • Turkish: La Bruyère, Belçika
  • Turkish: La Bruyere
  • Turkish: La Bruyère
  • Vietnamese: La Bruyère, Namur
  • Vietnamese: La Bruyère
  • Volapük: La Bruyère
  • Walloon: Les Brouhires
  • Walloon: Les Brouyires
  • Waray (Philippines): La Bruyère, Belhika
  • Zeeuws: La Bruyère (Naemen)
  • Zeeuws: La Bruyère

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