Ordin

Ordin is a hamlet in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Arrondissement of Namur, Wallonia. Ordin is situated nearby to the hamlet La Sauvenière, as well as near the village Moustier-sur-Sambre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spy Cave and Moustier railway station.

Spy Cave

Cave

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Spy Cave is located in Wallonia near Spy in the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur Province, Belgium above the left bank of the Orneau River. Classified as a premier Heritage site of the Walloon Region, the location ranks among the most significant paleolithic sites in Europe. Spy Cave is situated 3 km northwest of Ordin.

Moustier railway station

Railway stop

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Moustier railway station is a railway stop.

Jemeppe-sur-Sambre railway station

Railway station

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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre railway station is situated 3½ km southwest of Ordin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moustier-sur-Sambre and Spy.

Moustier-sur-Sambre

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Moustier-sur-Sambre is a village.

Spy

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Spy is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Here in 1886, in the Grotte de Spy or the Betche aux Roches cavern, Maximin Lohest and Marcel de Puydt found two nearly perfect Neanderthal skeletons at the depth of 16 feet, with numerous implements of the Mousterian type.