Florennes

Florennes Florene (Walloon)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Florennes
Florennes Location in Belgium Location of Florennes in the province of Namur
Coordinates: 50°15′N 04°37′E
Community	French community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Arrondissement	Philippeville
Government
• Mayor	Stéphane Lasseaux
• Governing party/ies	Contact 21 - Ad 11
Area
• Total	134.18 km2 (51.81 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	11,410
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Postal codes	5620-5621
NIS code	93022
Area codes	071
Website	www.florennes.be

Florennes (French pronunciation: [flɔ.ʁɛn]; Walloon: Florene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. As of 1 January 2006, Florennes has a total population of 10,754. The total area is 133.55 km² which gives a population density of 81 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Corenne, Flavion, Florennes, Hanzinelle, Hanzinne, Hemptinne, Morialmé, Morville, Rosée, Saint-Aubin and Thy-le-Bauduin.

Florennes hosts Florennes Air Base, a Belgian military airfield which is the home base for F-16 Fighting Falcon jets.

The first week-end of every July, Florennes is a large festival due to the folk walk with a couple of thousand valorous walkers.

Cyclists Firmin Lambot, who won the Tour de France in 1919 and in 1922 and Léon Scieur, who won the Tour in 1921, were born in Florennes.

The village was formerly the site of Florennes Abbey, dissolved during the French Revolution and since entirely demolished.

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Florennes

Florennes Castle

External links

• Media related to Florennes at Wikimedia Commons
• Official web site (in French)
• http://www.amfesm.be/florennes/florennes.html
• http://www.3eme-zouaves.be Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine