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Citadelle de Dinant
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
22 km · about 25 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Florennes works well as a base: 5 minutes from Morialmé, 22km from Citadelle de Dinant.
Florennes is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 10,723, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Florennes sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Florennes to your route.
Florennes (French pronunciation: [flɔ.ʁɛn]; Walloon: Florene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. As of 1 January 2006, Florennes has a total population of 10,754. The total area is 133.55 km2 which gives a population density of 81 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists ofRead more
the following districts: Corenne, Flavion, Florennes, Hanzinelle, Hanzinne, Hemptinne, Morialmé, Morville, Rosée, Saint-Aubin and Thy-le-Bauduin.
Florennes hosts Florennes Air Base, a Belgian military airfield which is the home base for F-16 Fighting Falcon jets.
The first week-end of every July, Florennes is a large festival due to the folk walk with a couple of thousand valorous walkers.
Cyclists Firmin Lambot, who won the Tour de France in 1919 and in 1922 and Léon Scieur, who won the Tour in 1921, were born in Florennes.
The village was formerly the site of Florennes Abbey, dissolved during the French Revolution and since entirely demolished.
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Florennes is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.2513 latitude, 4.6064 longitude.
Florennes has a population of approximately 10,723 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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castle
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
22 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
22 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
29 km · about 35 min drive
castle
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
30 km · about 35 min drive
historic highway
A 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.
37 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
41 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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