Han-sur-Lesse
Han-sur-Lesse is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Rochefort, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Han-sur-Lesse was called Ham from 1139, Ham Han Sur Lesche, from 1266, Han Sur Lece from 1465 and Ham sur lez from 1528, by which time it had 14 families.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,060 residents
- Description: section of Rochefort, Belgium
- Also known as: “Rochefort (Han-sur-Lesse)”
- Postal code: 5580
Places of Interest
Highlights include Domain of the caves of Han and Caves of Han-sur-Lesse.
Caves of Han-sur-Lesse
Cave
Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Caves of Han-sur-Lesse refers to a natural complex of caves in Belgium. A major Belgian tourist attraction, the caves are located in Wallonia, on the outskirts of the village of Han-sur-Lesse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belvaux and Éprave.
Éprave
Village
Photo: DirkVE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Éprave is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Rochefort, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Éprave was settled already during the third century in the form of an oppidum, the remains of which are still visible in the village. Éprave is situated 3 km northwest of Han-sur-Lesse.
Lessive
Village
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lessive is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Han-sur-Lesse.
Han-sur-Lesse
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Rochefort, Arrondissement de Dinant, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.12545° or 50° 7′ 32″ northLongitude
5.18774° or 5° 11′ 16″ eastPopulation
1,060Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)Open location code
9F2745GQ+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 683070875OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2796569Wikidata ID
Q1026218
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Walloon—“Han-sur-Lesse” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- Dutch: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- French: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- German: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- Hebrew: “האן-סור-לס”
- Hungarian: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- Irish: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- Luxembourgish: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- Polish: “Han-sur-Lesse”
- Russian: “Ан-сюр-Лес”
- Ukrainian: “Ан-сюр-Лес”
- Walloon: “Han-so-Lesse”
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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 “Han-sur-Lesse”. Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.