Editing Floreffe

{{Short description|Municipality in Namur Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Floreffe
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Florefe}}
|picture          = Floreffe - Abbaye et village (1).JPG
|picture-legend   = 
|map              = Floreffe Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Floreffe in Namur Province
|arms             = Blason Floreffe.svg
|flag             = Floreffe Vlag.png
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-NM}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Namur|Namur]]
|nis              = 92045
|pyramid-date
|0-19=
|20-64
|65
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date
|mayor            = Philippe Vautard (RPF)
|majority         = RPF-[[DéFI]]
|postal-codes     = 5150
|telephone-area   = 081
|web              = [http://www.floreffe.be/ www.floreffe.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|26|N|04|47|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Floreffe''' ({{IPA|fr|flɔ.ʁɛf}}; {{langx|wa|Florefe}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]], [[Belgium]]. 

On 1 January 2012 the municipality had 7,883 inhabitants. The total area is 38.89&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 203 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente#Belgium|districts]]:  Floreffe, [[Floriffoux]], [[Franière]], and [[Soye, Wallonia|Soye]]. 

In 1977, the newly expanded (thus newly adjoining) municipality of [[Profondeville]] was given Lakisse, an area in the southeast of the original Floreffe.

Floreffe is best known as the location of [[Floreffe Abbey]], founded in the 12th century and suppressed during the [[French Revolution]].

==Notable people==
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*[[Joseph Hanse]] (1902–1992), Belgian linguist

==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Prata di Pordenone]], Italy

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020625163109/http://www.floreffe.be/SiteFloreffe/site.nsf/.Accueil?ReadForm Official website] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Floreffe
|N  = [[Namur]] 
|E  = [[Namur]] 
|SE = [[Profondeville]]
|S  = [[Fosses-la-Ville]]
|W  = [[Jemeppe-sur-Sambre]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)]]


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