Couvin
Couvin is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 13,782 inhabitants. Couvin is the second largest municipality of Belgium by surface area, after Tournai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Neptune Caves and Couvin railway station.
Neptune Caves
Cave
The Neptune Caves, also known as the Grottes de l'Adugeoir are a series of natural caves located in Wallonia near Petigny in the municipality of Couvin, Belgium.
Brasserie des Fagnes
Brewery
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Brasserie des Fagnes is a brewery, which is situated 4 km northeast of Couvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boussu-en-Fagne and Petigny.
Boussu-en-Fagne
Village
Boussu-en-Fagne is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Couvin, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Archaeological excavations in the area have revealed a Neolithic settlement as well as a large Roman villa, and a subsidiary Roman road.
Mariembourg
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Mariembourg is a town in the municipality of Couvin in the Province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The town is named after Mary of Hungary, governor of what was then the Habsburg Netherlands, who ordered the construction of a fortress town there in 1542. Mariembourg is situated 5 km northeast of Couvin.
Couvin
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, and locality
- Location: Arrondissement de Philippeville, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.0525° or 50° 3′ 9″ northLongitude
4.4955° or 4° 29′ 44″ eastPopulation
13,000Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)Open location code
9F263F2W+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 60561637OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2800026Wikidata ID
Q326771
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Couvin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Couvin”
- Breton: “Couvin”
- Bulgarian: “Кувен”
- Catalan: “Couvin”
- Cebuano: “Couvin (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Couvin”
- Central Kurdish: “کوڤە”
- Chinese: “库万”
- Chinese: “庫萬”
- Danish: “Couvin”
- Dutch: “Couvin”
- Esperanto: “Couvin”
- Estonian: “Couvin”
- French: “Couvin”
- Galician: “Couvin”
- German: “Couvin”
- Hebrew: “קובן”
- Hungarian: “Couvin”
- Irish: “Couvin”
- Italian: “Couvin”
- Japanese: “クーヴァン”
- Korean: “쿠뱅”
- Limburgan: “Couvin”
- Luxembourgish: “Couvin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Couvin”
- Norwegian: “Couvin”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Couvin”
- Persian: “کوون (بلژیک)”
- Persian: “کوون”
- Picard: “Couvéne”
- Polish: “Couvin”
- Portuguese: “Couvin”
- Romanian: “Couvin”
- Russian: “Кувен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Couvin”
- Slovak: “Couvin”
- Spanish: “Couvin”
- Swedish: “Couvin (kommun i Belgien)”
- Swedish: “Couvin”
- Turkish: “Couvin”
- Vietnamese: “Couvin”
- Volapük: “Couvin”
- Walloon: “Couvén”
- Waray (Philippines): “Couvin”
- Zeeuws: “Couvin”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centre culturel Christian Colle de Couvin and Atelier Artistique Communaitaire.
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