Viroinval

Template:Redirect-distinguish Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Viroinval ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Viroinval had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 120.90 km² which gives a population density of 47 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Dourbes, Mazée, Le Mesnil, Nismes, Oignies-en-Thiérache, Olloy-sur-Viroin, Treignes, Vierves-sur-Viroin.

The name Viroinval, Viroin (River) Valley, was chosen for the municipality that was formed by fusing eight villages, in 1977.<ref

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  Dourbes

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  Nismes

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  Olloy-sur-Viroin

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  Treignes

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  Vierves-sur-Viroin

Attractions

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Monument for the geographical centre of the EU until its May 2004 expansion

• From 1995 to 2004, Viroinval was the location of the geographical centre of the European Union, at coordinates Template:Coord in Oignies-en-Thiérache, and a monument there records that finding. On May 1, 2004, the EU expanded from fifteen states to twenty-five, and the geographical centre of the union moved eastwards to the village of Kleinmaischeid, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. On 1 January 2007 it shifted even further south-eastwards.
• The tourist steam train line Mariembourg–Treignes has most of its stations in villages of Viroinval: Nismes, Olloy-sur-Viroin, Vierves-sur-Viroin, and Treignes.<ref

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See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Viroinval

External links

• Official Website of the municipality
• The former Centre of the European Union
• Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2009

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