Bouillon

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

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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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Bouillon has a few schools, a lyceum lyc?e (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: Simw?s) which its total length is 210 km.

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Bouillon related Images and Photos (experimental)

Godfrey De Bouillon French Crusader

Godfrey De Bouillon at the Siege of Jerusalem

Godefroi De Bouillon Duc De Lorraine Crusader Chosen King of Jerusalem

Godfrey of Bouillon Depositing the Trophies of Askalon in the Holy Sepulchre Church