Fosses-la-Ville
Encyclopedia
Fosses-la-Ville is a Walloon municipality
located in the Belgian
province of Namur
. On January 1, 2006 Fosses-la-Ville had a total population of 9,311. The total area is 63.24 km² which gives a population density
of 147 inhabitants per km².
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
province of Namur
Namur (province)
Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur...
. On January 1, 2006 Fosses-la-Ville had a total population of 9,311. The total area is 63.24 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 147 inhabitants per km².
Villages
- Aisemont
- Le Roux
- Sart-Eustache
- Sart-Saint-LaurentSart-Saint-LaurentSart-Saint-Laurent is a small village located several kilometres from the provincial capital of Namur in Belgium. It is part of the municipality Fosses-la-Ville. The village has a few streets of houses and is mostly surrounded by small farms and forests. The closest train station to the village...
- Vitrival
Main sights
- Collegiate church of Saint-Feuillen, rebuilt in the 18th century. It has maintained a Romanesque tower from the 10th century.
- Chapelle Sainte-Brigide, a small sanctuary built by Irish monks