Bovesse

Bovesse is a village in La Bruyère, Arrondissement of Namur, Wallonia and has about 904 residents. Bovesse is situated nearby to the hamlet Le Manoir, as well as near the quarter Quartier de l’Europe.

Type: Village with 904 residents
Description: section of La Bruyère, Belgium
Also known as: “La Bruyère (Bovesse)”
Postal code: 5081

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint-Denis-Bovesse railway station and Namur-Suarlée Airfield.

Saint-Denis-Bovesse railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Stratoswift, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint-Denis-Bovesse railway station is a railway stop.

Namur-Suarlée Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: Mini1300, CC0.

Namur-Suarlée Airfield is a regional aerodrome in Belgium, located at Suarlée and Temploux, 4 nautical miles west-northwest of Namur, in Namur Province, Wallonia. Namur-Suarlée Airfield is situated 3 km south of Bovesse.

The Fort de Suarlée is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Fort de Suarlée is situated 4 km southeast of Bovesse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhisnes and Suarlée.

Rhisnes

Village

Rhisnes is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of La Bruyère, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Formerly the center of its own municipality, the post-1974 fusion of the Belgian municipalities brought together seven of these ancienne communes to create the La Bruyère municipality.

Suarlée

Village

Suarlée is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur. Suarlée is situated 4 km south of Bovesse.