Editing Couvin

{{Short description|Municipality in Namur, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Couvin
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Couvén}}
|type             = city
|picture          = Couvin JPG02.jpg
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Couvin Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Couvin in the province of Namur
|arms             = Blason ville be Couvin (Namur).svg
|flag             = Flag of Couvin.png
|region           = {{BE-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-WNA}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Philippeville|Philippeville]]
|nis              = 93014
|mayor            = Maurice Jennequin ([[Humanist Democratic Centre|cdH]], CVN)
|majority         = CVN (Couvin, Vous et Nous) - [[Reformist Movement|MR]]-IC
|postal-codes     = 5660
|telephone-area   = 060
|web              = [http://www.couvin.be/ www.couvin.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|03|N|04|29|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Couvin''' ({{IPA|fr|kuvɛ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Couvin.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Couvén}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1985/07/19/1985001298/staatsblad |date=19 July 1985 |lang=nl |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]], [[Belgium]].

On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 13,782 inhabitants. Couvin is the second largest municipality of Belgium by surface area, after [[Tournai]]. The total area is {{convert|206.93|km2|abbr=on}}, giving a [[population density]] of {{convert|67|PD/km2}}.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Aublain]], [[Boussu-en-Fagne]], [[Brûly]], [[Brûly-de-Pesche]], Couvin, [[Cul-des-Sarts]], [[Dailly, Belgium|Dailly]], [[Frasnes-lez-Couvin]], [[Gonrieux]], [[Mariembourg]], [[Pesche, Wallonia|Pesche]], [[Petigny]], [[Petite-Chapelle]], and [[Presgaux]].

[[Image:Couvin JPG01.jpg|thumb|none|272px|River Eau Noire and the Rue de la Falaise]]

==Transport==
Couvin railway station provides the town with a rail link direct to [[Charleroi]]. The line terminates here; the next station is [[Mariembourg]].

==Tourism==

There are a number of sites of interest to tourists in the municipality.

One end of the [[Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées]] heritage railway is at [[Mariembourg]]. The ''Brasserie des Fagnes'' brewery is also situated there.

Caves in the area include the [[Trou de l’Abîme]] and the [[Neptune Caves]].

[[Wolfsschlucht I]], known locally as "Hitler's Bunker", is located at Brûly-de-Pesche. It was used as one of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s military headquarters during the [[Battle of France]].

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Couvin]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://archive.today/20060207145448/http://www.couvin.be/index.php?div=LEN&ItemSelected=LEN-home Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Couvin
|N  = [[Cerfontaine, Belgium|Cerfontaine]]
|NE = [[Philippeville]]
|E  = [[Viroinval]]
|SE = [[Fumay]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])
|S  = [[Taillette]], [[Gué-d'Hossus]], [[Rocroi]] (all [[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])
|SW = [[Regniowez]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])
|W  = [[Chimay]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
|NW = [[Froidchapelle]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)]]
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