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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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Gesves works well as a base: 10 minutes from Faulx-Les Tombes, 32km from Grottes de Han.
Gesves is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 6,150, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Gesves 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 Gesves to your route.
Gesves (French: [ʒɛv]; Walloon: Djeve) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Faulx-les-Tombes, Gesves, Haltinne, Mozet, and Sorée. It also includes the hamlets of Gramptinne, Goyet (site of glacial remnants of Neanderthals),Read more
Haut-Bois, and Strud (site where fossil of Strudiella devonica, a Late Devonian insect, was discovered).
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,321 inhabitants. The total area is 64.92 km2, giving a population density of 97 inhabitants per km2.
On 1 December 2019, the population had grown to 7,246 inhabitants (3,612 men and 3,634 women), representing a growth of 14.63% over the course of 13 years.
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Gesves is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.4015 latitude, 5.0746 longitude.
Gesves has a population of approximately 6,150 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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castle
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
16 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
16 km · about 20 min drive
castle
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
19 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Billed as the smallest town in the world, a cluster of grey-stone houses and a castle in a green Ardennes valley.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A spectacular river cave system explored by tram and boat, the finest show caves in Belgium's Ardennes.
32 km · about 35 min drive
castle
A ruined feudal castle crowns this riverside town wrapped in a hairpin bend of the Ourthe, a base for Ardennes drives.
43 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
44 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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