Cerfontaine, Belgium

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.

Cerfontaine
Municipality
Coat of arms
Cerfontaine
Location in Belgium
Location of Cerfontaine in the province of Namur
Coordinates: 50°10′N 04°25′E
CountryBelgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceNamur
ArrondissementPhilippeville
Government
 • MayorChristophe Bombled (MR-IC)
 • Governing party/iesMR-IC
Area
 • Total83.45 km2 (32.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total4,927
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Postal codes
5630
Area codes071
Websitewww.cerfontaine.be

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.

Rue du Moulin, the pavilion and the St. Lambertus church

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

References
  1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
  3. Les numéros postaux belges en vigueur à partir du 1/10/1990, La Poste.
  4. Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
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