Goyet
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goyet Caves and Faulx-les-Tombes Castle.
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.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.
Écritures de Maizeret
Archaeological site
Photo: Okapi07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Écritures de Maizeret is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mozet and Thon-Samson.
Mozet
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Thon-Samson
Village
Photo: Lucyin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thon-Samson is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Thon-Samson is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie association.
Faulx-les-Tombes
Village
Photo: Guatebe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Faulx-les-Tombes is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Remains of Roman settlements have been discovered in the area, which was settled already during the Paleolithic.
Goyet
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Hamlet in Namur, Belgium
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gesves, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.44659° or 50° 26′ 48″ northLongitude
5.00995° or 5° 0′ 36″ eastOpen location code
9F27C2W5+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 247889095OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q3112845
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Goyet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Goyet” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Goyet”
- French: “Goyet (Gesves)”
- French: “Goyet”
- German: “Goyet”
- Irish: “Goyet”
- Portuguese: “Goyet”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Goyet”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bois d’Herpet and Fonds de Mozet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trou du Moulin and Abri supérieur de Goyet.
Curious Hamlets to Discover
Uncover intriguing hamlets from every corner of the globe.
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 “Goyet”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.