Editing Walcourt

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Walcourt
|type             = city
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Walcoû}}
|picture          = Walcourtbasiliek 3-08-2009 17-58-52.JPG
|picture-legend   = Walcourt centre with the [[Basilica of Saint Maternus]]
|map              = Walcourt Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Walcourt in the province of Namur
|arms             = Walcourt wapen.svg
|flag             = Walcourt vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-NM}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Philippeville|Philippeville]]
|nis              = 93088
|pyramid-date
|0-19=
|20-64
|65
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date
|mayor            = Christine Poulin ([[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]])
|majority         = [[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]] - [[Reformist Movement|MR]]
|postal-codes     = 5650, 5651
|telephone-area   = 071
|web              = [http://www.walcourt.be/ www.walcourt.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|15|N|04|25|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Walcourt''' ({{IPA|fr|walkuʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Walcourt.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Walcoû}}) 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 2006, the municipality had 17,516 inhabitants. The total area is 123.18&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 142 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Berzée]], [[Castillon (Belgium)|Castillon]], [[Chastrès]], [[Clermont (Walcourt)|Clermont]], [[Fontenelle (Belgium)|Fontenelle]], [[Fraire]], [[Gourdinne]], [[Laneffe]], [[Pry (village)|Pry]], [[Rognée]], [[Somzée]], [[Tarcienne]], [[Thy-le-Château]], [[Vogenée]], Walcourt, [[Yves-Gomezée]].

==History==
The [[Basilica of Saint Maternus]] is a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] minor basilica, founded in 1026. It contains one of the oldest Madonnas in Western Christianity. In 1689, the [[Battle of Walcourt]] was fought here between French troops and the [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|Grand Alliance]] during the [[Nine Years' War]].

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.walcourt.be/welcome/index.php?accueil=1 Official website] (in French)

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Walcourt
|N  = [[Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
|NE = [[Gerpinnes]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
|E  = [[Florennes]]
|SE = [[Philippeville]]
|S  = [[Froidchapelle]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]]), [[Cerfontaine, Belgium|Cerfontaine]]
|W  = [[Beaumont, Belgium|Beaumont]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
|NW = [[Thuin]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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