Faulx-les-Tombes
Faulx-les-Tombes is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Remains of Roman settlements have been discovered in the area, which was settled already during the Paleolithic.Photo: Guatebe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,780 residents
- Description: section of Gesves, Belgium
- Also known as: “Gesves (Faulx-Les Tombes)”
- Postal code: 5340
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grandpré Abbey and Faulx-les-Tombes Castle.
Grandpré Abbey
Place of worship
Photo: Thomas Bertrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grandpré Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located at Faulx-les-Tombes, in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The only remains of the abbey are the gatehouse and the attached range at the main entrance, the farm buildings and the mill, once powered by the Samson brook, which crosses the site.
Faulx-les-Tombes Castle
Castle
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Faulx-les-Tombes Castle is a 19th-century château in Faulx-les-Tombes in the municipality of Gesves, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The first castle on the site was built in the 13th century and was a dependency of the County of Namur.
Goyet Caves
Cave
The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Belgium in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goyet and Mozet.
Goyet
Hamlet
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goyet is a hamlet of the municipality Gesves, Wallonia, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is famous for Goyet Caves, with glacial remnants of Neandertals, Homo sapiens and canid.
Mozet
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Mozet is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Although the area has been settled since Roman times, the current village developed around the church and castle of an allod in the early 11th century. Mozet is situated 3 km northwest of Faulx-les-Tombes.
Strud
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Strud is a hamlet of the village of Haltinne, Wallonia, located in the municipality of Gesves, province of Namur, Belgium. The village church dates from the 11th century, and has a tower from the 9th century. Strud is situated 3½ km northeast of Faulx-les-Tombes.
Faulx-les-Tombes
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Gesves, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.42729° or 50° 25′ 38″ northLongitude
5.01914° or 5° 1′ 9″ eastPopulation
1,780Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)Open location code
9F27C2G9+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 247889097OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2798445Wikidata ID
Q65169626
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Walloon—“Faulx-les-Tombes” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Dutch: “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- French: “Faulx-Les Tombes”
- French: “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Irish: “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Italian: “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Polish: “Faulx-Les Tombes”
- Russian: “Фо-ле-Томб”
- Walloon: “Få-les-Tombes”
- “Faulx-les-Tombes”
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