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Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Aiseau
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Aiseau
Aiseau works well as a base: 5 minutes from Le Roux, 20km from Citadelle de Namur.
Aiseau is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Le Roux, about 4 km away.
Aiseau (French pronunciation: [ɛzo]; Walloon: Åjhô) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aiseau-Presles, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
It was a separate municipality before the Merger of Commons in 1977.
It borders the Biesme, near its mouth on the Sambre.
Postal area: 6250Read more
(old zone: 6268)
Province: Hainaut
District: Charleroi
Hamlets of Aiseau: Menonri (wa: In Mnonri); Oignies (wa: Ougniye), with its béguinage.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Aiseau?
Within an hour or so of Aiseau: Citadelle de Namur (20 km), Villers Abbey (20 km), Citadel of Namur (20 km), Citadelle de Dinant (29 km).
Are there any good drives near Aiseau?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Aiseau?
Aiseau is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Le Roux.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,906
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.4116, 4.5867
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Worth the detour from Aiseau
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Citadel of Namur
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Citadelle de Dinant
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Citadel of Dinant
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
29 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Nivelles-Baulers
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Aiseau
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 45 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
- 73 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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