Namur
Arrondissement de Dinant
Onhaye

Falaën

Falaën is a village of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . Falaën is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie association. and the ruins of are located in the village.
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  • Type: Village with 544 residents
  • Description: section of Onhaye, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Onhaye (Falaën)”
  • Postal code: 5522

Places of Interest

Highlights include Falaën Castle and Montaigle Castle.

Castle
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is a château-ferme, or fortified farmhouse, in the village of Falaën, municipality of , province of Namur, , . The castle was built between 1670 and 1673 by the Polchet Family to protect themselves from traveling bands of brigands.

Castle
Photo: Lviatour, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined medieval castle in Falaën in the municipality of , province of Namur, . It was built in the 14th century, and destroyed by Henry II of France in 1554.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sosoye and Weillen.

Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
is a village of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . lies in the valley of the Molignée and had 151 inhabitants in 2007.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Falaën.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet of the village of , , located in the municipality of , , . The was founded in 1872 by Beuron monks and is built in Gothic Revival style. is situated 3½ km northwest of Falaën.

Falaën

Latitude
50.27822° or 50° 16′ 42″ north
Longitude
4.79336° or 4° 47′ 36″ east
Population
544
Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE FAL
Open location code
9F267QHV+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 684372434
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2798508
Wiki­data ID
Q2838828
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Falaën” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Falaën”
  • Dutch: “Falaen”
  • Dutch: “Falaën”
  • French: “Falaën”
  • German: “Falaën”
  • Hungarian: “Falaën”
  • Irish: “Falaën”
  • Persian: “فالن”
  • Polish: “Falaën”
  • Russian: “Фалаэн”
  • Swedish: “Falaën”

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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 “Falaën”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.