Fort de Suarlée

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.

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Type: Ruins
Also known as: “Fort de Suarlee”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Namur-Suarlée Airfield and Château de Flawinne.

Namur-Suarlée Airfield

Aerodrome

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Namur-Suarlée Airfield is a regional aerodrome in Belgium, located at Suarlée and Temploux, 7 km west-northwest of Namur, in Namur Province, Wallonia. It is about 65 km southeast of Brussels.

Château de Flawinne

Castle

Photo: Marc Ronvaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The château de Flawinne or Castle of Flawinne is in the Belgian village of Flawinne on the outskirts of Namur, Wallonia. Château de Flawinne is situated 2 km south of Fort de Suarlée.

Rhisnes railway station

Railway stop

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Rhisnes railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 1½ km north of Fort de Suarlée.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suarlée and Rhisnes.

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.

Rhisnes

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Belgrade

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Belgrade is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The municipality of Belgrade was formed on 2 August 1897, when it was detached from the municipality of Flawinne.

Fort de Suarlée

Categories: fort, building, and historic site
Location: Namur, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.4859° or 50° 29′ 9″ north

Longitude

4.80201° or 4° 48′ 7″ east

Open location code

9F26FRP2+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61995976

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q3078250

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Fort de Suarlée” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Fort de Suarlée”
French: “fort de Suarlée”
French: “Fort de Suarlée”
German: “Fort Suarlée”
Polish: “Fort de Suarlée”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Agence Wallonne à l’Exportation and Sale de Ventes Rops.

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