Philippeville
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Philippeville (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The Philippeville municipality includes the former municipalities of Fagnolle, Franchimont, Jamagne, Jamiolle, Merlemont, Neuville, Omezée, Roly, Romedenne, Samart, Sart-en-Fagne, Sautour, Surice, Villers-en-Fagne, Villers-le-Gambon, and Vodecée.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Agir Ensemble-MR
- Belgium municipality.name
- Philippeville
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Philippeville JPG01.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Philippeville's main square
- Belgium municipality.map
- Philippeville Namur Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Philippeville in the province of Namur
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Philippeville.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Philippeville.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Namur
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Philippeville
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 93056
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- André De Martin (PS, Agir Ensemble)
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 5600
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 071
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.philippeville.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Named after
- Philip II of Spain
- Official name
- Philippeville
- Demonym
- Philippevillain
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Philippeville
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 9228
- Area
- 156.71
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Walcourt
- Official website
- www.philippeville.be
- Image
- Belgium, Namur, Philippeville (08), Hotel de Ville.jpg
- Dialing code
- 071
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- phone number
- +32-71-66-00-60
- P13200
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- postal code
- 5600
- twinned administrative body
- Saulieu
- Commons category
- Philippeville
- topic's main category
- Category:Philippeville
- annual number of weddings
- 36
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- The foundation of Philippeville
- From 1557 to present
- Sights
- Born in Philippeville
- Twin cities
- References
- External links
Philippeville (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The Philippeville municipality includes the former municipalities of Fagnolle, Franchimont, Jamagne, Jamiolle, Merlemont, Neuville, Omezée, Roly, Romedenne, Samart, Sart-en-Fagne, Sautour, Surice, Villers-en-Fagne, Villers-le-Gambon, and Vodecée.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philippeville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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