Editing Gouvy

{{Short description|Municipality in Luxembourg Province, Belgium}}
{{About|the Belgian municipality|the French composer|Théodore Gouvy}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Gouvy
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Gouvi}}
|picture          = Gouvy kerk.jpg
|picture-legend   = Gouvy church
|map              = Gouvy Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Gouvy in Luxembourg province
|arms             = Gouvy wapen.svg
|flag             = Flag_of_Gouvy.jpg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LX}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|nis              = 82037
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Véronique Leonard ([[Les Engagés|cdH]])
|majority         = Horizon Neuf
|postal-codes     = 6670-6674
|telephone-area   = 080
|web              = [http://www.gouvy.be/ www.gouvy.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|11|N|05|56|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Gouvy''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡuvi}}; {{langx|wa|Gouvi}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|province of Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]].

On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 165.11&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, had 4,780 inhabitants, giving a [[population density]] of 29 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Beho]], [[Bovigny]], [[Cherain]], [[Limerlé]], and [[Montleban]]. Villages in the municipality include [[Baclain]], [[Bistain]], [[Brisy]], [[Cherapont]], [[Cierreux]], [[Courtil]], [[Deiffelt, Belgium|Deiffelt]], [[Halconreux]], [[Halonru]], [[Honvelez]], [[Langlire]], [[Lomré]], [[Ourthe (hamlet)|Ourthe]], [[Rettigny]], [[Rogery]], [[Steinbach, Gouvy|Steinbach]], [[Sterpigny]], [[Vaux, Gouvy|Vaux]] and [[Wathermal]]. The administrative headquarters are situated in Bovigny.

The [[Ourthe|Ourthe Orientale]] river originates in the municipality of Gouvy, near the hamlet of [[Ourthe (hamlet)|Ourthe]].

==Transportation== 
[[Gouvy railway station]] is served by intercity trains between [[Liège-Guillemins railway station|Liège]] and [[Luxembourg railway station|Luxembourg]].<ref>[https://www.cfl.lu/getattachment/b1883b46-beb3-4afd-9260-a7a8d6280131/2022_web_liege.pdf Fiche horaire vers Liège], [[Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois|CFL]]. Retrieved 1 December 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.belgiantrain.be/nl/travel-info/prepare-for-your-journey/leaflets/ic-leaflets IC-Brochures: IC-33], [[National Railway Company of Belgium|SNCB/NMBS]]. Retrieved 1 December 2022.</ref> Gouvy used to be a railway junction, with connections towards [[Bastogne]] and [[Sankt-Vith]]. The line towards Sankt-Vith was dismantled in the 1960s. Passenger traffic to Bastogne was stopped in 1984, and the railway tracks have been converted to a [[RAVeL network|RAVeL]] cycle/pedestrian path.

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.gouvy.be Website of the municipality of Gouvy]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213536/http://www.gouvy.eu/fr/Publications/DetailsVillages/nice/presenta.html Gouvy: 23 villages] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gouvy
|N  = [[Vielsalm]]
|E  = [[Burg-Reuland]] ([[Liège (province)|WLG]])
|SE = [[Troisvierges]] ([[Luxembourg|LU]]-[[Diekirch District|D]])
|S  = [[Wincrange]] ([[Luxembourg|LU]]-[[Diekirch District|D]])
|W  = [[Houffalize]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Luxembourg}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Belgium–Luxembourg border crossings]]
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