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Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Éghezée
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Éghezée
Éghezée works well as a base: 10 minutes from Ramillies, 15km from Citadelle de Namur.
Éghezée is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ramillies, about 5 km away.
Éghezée (French: [e.ɡə.ze]; Walloon: Inguezêye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2010 the municipality had 15,169 inhabitants. The total area is 102.81 km2, giving a population density of 146.93 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the followingRead more
districts: Aische-en-Refail, Bolinne, Boneffe, Branchon, Dhuy, Éghezée, Hanret, Leuze, Liernu, Longchamps, Mehaigne, Noville-sur-Mehaigne, Saint-Germain, Taviers, Upigny, and Waret-la-Chaussée.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Éghezée?
Within an hour or so of Éghezée: Citadelle de Namur (15 km), Citadel of Namur (15 km), Musée Hergé (23 km), Villers Abbey (27 km).
Are there any good drives near Éghezée?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Éghezée?
Éghezée is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 5 km from Ramillies.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,352
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.5908, 4.9117
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Worth the detour from Éghezée
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Citadel of Namur
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
15 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
23 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
35 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Dinant
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
37 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Citadel of Dinant
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Éghezée
- 69 kmBaraque de FraitureBelgium's second-highest point at 652 m, a windswept Ardennes plateau crossroads on the N89 with a small ski station and sweeping high-fen scenery.
- 74 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
- 75 kmGileppe DamA 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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