Editing Fosses-la-Ville

{{Short description|Municipality in Namur Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Fosses-la-Ville
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Fosse-li-Veye}}
|picture          = Fosses-la-Ville JPG002.jpg
|picture-legend   = Town square and town hall
|map              = Fosses-la-Ville Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Fosses-la-Ville in Namur Province
|arms             = Blason Fosses-la-Ville.svg
|flag             = Flag of Fosses-la-Ville.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-NM}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Namur|Namur]]
|nis              = 92048
|mayor            = Gaëtan De Bilderling (UD)
|majority         = Union Démocratique (UD)
|postal-codes     = 5070
|telephone-area   = 071
|web              = [http://www.fosses-la-ville.be/ www.fosses-la-ville.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|24|N|04|42|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Fosses-la-Ville''' ({{IPA|fr|fos la vil|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Fosses-la-Ville.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Fosse-li-Veye}}) is a [[City status in Belgium|city]] and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]], [[Belgium]]. 

On January 1, 2018, Fosses-la-Ville had a total population of 10,449. The total area is 63.24&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 165 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[Deelgemeente#Belgium|districts]]: [[Aisemont]], Fosses, [[Le Roux, Wallonia|Le Roux]], [[Sart-Eustache]], [[Sart-Saint-Laurent]], and [[Vitrival]].

==Main sights==
{{See also|List of protected heritage sites in Fosses-la-Ville}}

*Collegiate church of ''Saint-Feuillen'', rebuilt in the 18th century. It has maintained a Romanesque tower from the 10th century.
*[[Chapel of Saint Brigid|Chapelle Sainte-Brigide]], a small sanctuary built by Irish monks, dedicated to [[Brigid of Kildare]]

==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Orbey]], France
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Robecco sul Naviglio]], Italy

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180"> 
Image:Fosses-la-Ville JPG001.jpg|Brigit of Kildare's chapel in Fosses-la-Ville
File:Fosses JPG01.jpg|Route N922, entry of the town Fosses-la-ville
File:Fosses-la-ville JPG00.jpg|Church ( l'église Saint Pierre) 
File:Le Roux, oorlogsmonument foto5 2015-06-05 14.11.jpg|War memorial in Le Roux
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.fosses-la-ville.be Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Fosses-la-Ville
|N  = [[Sambreville]], [[Jemeppe-sur-Sambre]]
|NE = [[Floreffe]]
|SE = [[Profondeville]]
|S  = [[Mettet]]
|SW = [[Gerpinnes]] ([[Hainaut Province|WHT]])
|W  = [[Aiseau-Presles]] ([[Hainaut Province|WHT]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Fosses-la-Ville| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)]]


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