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Virton
Sign in to saveVirton (; Gaumais: Viertån; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (arrondissement) of the same name, as well as the principal town of the small region of Belgian Lorraine known as the Gaume, famous for its microclimate.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Virton
- Belgium municipality.native_name
- Viertån (Gaumais)
- Belgium municipality.type
- city
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Virton JPG02.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- The town hall
- Belgium municipality.map
- Virton Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Virton in Luxembourg province
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason de Virton.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Virton.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Luxembourg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Virton
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 85045
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- François Culot (IC-MR)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- IC-MR, Ecolo+, Ensemble Autrement
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 6760-6762
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 063
- Belgium municipality.web
- virton.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Demonym
- Virtonais
- Country
- Duchy of Luxembourg
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Virton
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 11323
- Area
- 94.49
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Gaume
- Shares border with
- Épiez-sur-Chiers
- Official website
- www.virton.be
- Image
- Virton JPG02.jpg
- Dialing code
- 063
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- Commons category
- Virton
- postal code
- 6762
- topic's main category
- Category:Virton
- native label
- Virton
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Virton
- annual number of weddings
- 37
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-63-57-06-90
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity and Middle Ages
- Modern times
- Climate
- Sights
- Folklore
- Canadian friendship
- People born in Virton
- Notes
- References
- External links
Virton (; Gaumais: Viertån; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (arrondissement) of the same name, as well as the principal town of the small region of Belgian Lorraine known as the Gaume, famous for its microclimate.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Bleid, Ethe, Latour, Ruette, Saint-Mard, and Virton. Other population centers include: Chenois, Gomery, Grandcourt, and Saint-Remy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Virton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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