Cerfontaine, Belgium
Cerfontaine
Cerfontinne (Walloon) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Cerfontaine | |
Cerfontaine Location in Belgium
Location of Cerfontaine in the province of Namur | |
| Coordinates: 50°10′N 04°25′E / 50.167°N 4.417°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Namur |
| Arrondissement | Philippeville |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christophe Bombled |
| • Governing party/ies | MR-IC MR |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.44 km2 (32.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 4,927 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 5630 |
| NIS code | 93010 |
| Area codes | 071 |
| Website | www.cerfontaine.be |
Cerfontaine (French pronunciation: [sɛʁfɔ̃tɛn]; Walloon: Cerfontinne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
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 districts: Cerfontaine, 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
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
See also
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ 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 Cerfontaine, Belgium at Wikimedia Commons