Ermeton-sur-Biert
Ermeton-sur-Biert is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mettet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. There is a 14th-century castle in the village, which since 1936 has been in use as Ermeton Abbey and in 1973 was designated a heritage site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 651 residents
- Description: section of Mettet, Belgium
- Also known as: “Mettet (Ermeton-sur-Biert)”
- Postal code: 5644
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maredsous Abbey.
Maredsous Abbey
Monastery
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maredsous Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at Maredsous, in the municipality of Anhée, Wallonia, Belgium. It is a founding member of the Annunciation Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. Maredsous Abbey is situated 3½ km east of Ermeton-sur-Biert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Furnaux and Graux.
Furnaux
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Furnaux is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mettet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The discovery of remains from Roman times in Furnaux indicates that the village has been inhabited since at least the first century AD.
Graux
Village
Photo: Friedrich Tellberg, Public domain.
Graux is a village, which is situated 3 km north of Ermeton-sur-Biert.
Denée
Village
Denée is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Anhée, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Maredsous Abbey and Maredret Abbey are located nearby, in the hamlet of Maredsous. Denée is situated 3½ km northeast of Ermeton-sur-Biert.
Ermeton-sur-Biert
- Categories: human settlement, municipality section, and locality
- Location: Mettet, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.29754° or 50° 17′ 51″ northLongitude
4.71979° or 4° 43′ 11″ eastPopulation
651Elevation
212 metres (696 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE EBIOpen location code
9F267PX9+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 518834893OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Walloon—“Ermeton-sur-Biert” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ermeton-sur-Biert”
- Dutch: “Ermeton-sur-Biert”
- French: “Ermeton-sur-Biert”
- Irish: “Ermeton-sur-Biert”
- Persian: “ارمتون سور بیرت”
- Polish: “Ermeton-sur-Biert”
- Russian: “Эрметон-сюр-Бьер”
- Walloon: “Ermeton-so-Bier”
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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 “Ermeton-sur-Biert”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.