Leignon
Leignon is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Ciney, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was a municipality itself until the fusion of the municipalities in 1977.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Village with 2,210 residents
- Description: section of Ciney, Belgium
- Also known as: “Ciney (Leignon)”
- Postal code: 5590
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leignon Castle and Leignon railway station.
Leignon Castle
Castle
Photo: Eggermont a, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leignon Castle is a nineteenth century castle located in Wallonia, in the Namur province of Belgium, a few kilometers south of Ciney. It is a private castle with restricted access to the public.
Leignon railway station
Railway stop
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Leignon railway station is a railway stop.
Chapois railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Japplemedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapois railway station is a railway stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corbion and Chapois.
Chapois
Village
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY 2.5.
Chapois is a village of Wallonia, part of the district of Leignon in the municipality of Ciney, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Chapois is twinned with a village of the same name, Chapois in France.
Leignon
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Ciney, Arrondissement de Dinant, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.26874° or 50° 16′ 7″ northLongitude
5.11026° or 5° 6′ 37″ eastPopulation
2,210Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)Open location code
9F277496+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 243208597OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2792944Wikidata ID
Q1967473
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“Leignon” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Leignon”
- Dutch: “Leignon”
- French: “Leignon”
- Irish: “Leignon”
- Polish: “Leignon”
- Romanian: “Leignon”
- Russian: “Леньон”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leignon”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.