Mozet
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.Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 647 residents
- Description: section of Gesves, Belgium
- Also known as: “Gesves (mozet)”
- Postal code: 5340
Places of Interest
Highlights include Faulx-les-Tombes Castle and Goyet Caves.
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
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.Chapelle de Mont-Sainte-Marie
Church
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Chapelle de Mont-Sainte-Marie is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goyet and Maizeret.
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.
Maizeret
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maizeret is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was a municipality before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.
Wierde
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Wierde 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. Wierde is situated 3 km southwest of Mozet.
Mozet
- Categories: human settlement, municipality section, and locality
- Location: Gesves, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.44164° or 50° 26′ 30″ northLongitude
4.98467° or 4° 59′ 5″ eastPopulation
647Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)Open location code
9F26CXRM+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 471626632OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7732934Wikidata ID
Q3011128
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Mozet” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Mozet”
- Dutch: “Mozet”
- French: “Mozet”
- Irish: “Mozet”
- Polish: “Mozet”
- “Mozet”
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Localities in the Area
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