Moustier-sur-Sambre

Moustier-sur-Sambre is a village in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Arrondissement of Namur, Wallonia and has about 2,720 residents. Moustier-sur-Sambre is situated nearby to the hamlet Ordin, as well as near the village Mornimont.

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Type: Village with 2,720 residents
Description: section of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Belgium
Also known as: “Jemeppe-sur-Sambre (Moustier-sur-Sambre)”
Postal code: 5190

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.

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 3 km southwest of Moustier-sur-Sambre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spy and Jemeppe-sur-Sambre.

Spy

Village

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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.

Jemeppe-sur-Sambre

Town

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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 17,990 inhabitants.