Bouillon

Bouillon is a municipality located in the western part of the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the district of Neufchâteau. On January 1st, 2005 Bouillon had a total population of 5,505. The total area is 149.09 km² which gives a population density of 36.93 inhabitants per km².

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Municipality - Belgian - Luxembourg - Neufchâteau - January 1st, 2005 - Km² - Population density

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In the Middle Ages it was a county within the Duchy of Lower Lorraine. The most famous of the Counts of Bouillon was Godfrey of Bouillon (see the Dukes of Lower Lorraine for the other Counts of Bouillon).

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Middle Ages - Duchy of Lower Lorraine - Godfrey of Bouillon

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Bouillon has a few schools, a lyceum lycée (middle school) and a gymnasium (high school), banks and a square place.

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The area is surrounded by forests and is passed by a river named Semois (German: Sesbach, Walloon: Simwès) which its total length is 210 km.

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Semois - German - Walloon

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