Cerfontaine, Belgium
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Location of Cerfontaine in the province of Namur
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Country | Belgium | |
Community | French Community | |
Region | Wallonia | |
Province | Namur | |
Arrondissement | Philippeville | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Christophe Bombled (MR-IC) | |
• Governing party/ies | MR-IC | |
Area | ||
• Total | 83.45 km2 (32.22 sq mi) | |
Population (1 January 2013)[1] | ||
• Total | 4,837 | |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
Postal codes | 5630 | |
Area codes | 071 | |
Website | www.cerfontaine.be |
Cerfontaine (French pronunciation: [sɛʁfɔ̃tɛn]) is a Walloon municipality located in Belgium in the province of Namur. On January 1, 2006, Cerfontaine had a total population of 4,546. The total area is 83.45 km² which gives a population density of 54 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Cerfontaine proper, Daussois, Senzeille, Silenrieux, Soumoy, and Villers-Deux-Églises.
The Eau d'Heure lakes are situated partly in this municipality and partly in neighbouring Froidchapelle.
History
To be expanded
Postal history
The CERFONTAINE post-office opened on 25 February 1860. It used a Distribution code 98 with vertical bars (before 1864), and 75 with points before 1874. The SILENRIEUX post-office opened on 9 December 1899; SENZEILLES on 21 August 1906.[2]
Code 5630 since at least 1990.[3]
Postal codes in 1969[4] (before the merger of municipalities in 1977): - 6355 Villers-Deux-Églises - 6444 Silenrieux - 6445 Daussois - 6450 Cerfontaine - 6451 Soumoy - 6452 Senzeille.
Town twinning
- Louiseville, Quebec, Canada
References
- ↑ Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
- ↑ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
- ↑ Les numéros postaux belges en vigueur à partir du 1/10/1990, La Poste.
- ↑ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- List of protected heritage sites in Cerfontaine, Belgium
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