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Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Beauvechain
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Beauvechain
Beauvechain works well as a base: 5 minutes from Hamme-Mille, 27km from Villers Abbey.
Beauvechain is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 6,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hamme-Mille, about 4 km away.
Beauvechain (French: [bovəʃɛ̃]; Walloon: Bôvètchén [boːvɛˈtʃe, -ˈtʃẽ] ; Dutch: Bevekom [ˈbeːvəkɔm] ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,529 inhabitants. The total area is 38.58 km2, giving a population density of 169 inhabitantsRead more
per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Beauvechain, Hamme-Mille, L’Écluse, Nodebais, and Tourinnes-la-Grosse.
Beauvechain has several protected heritage sites. It is also home to Beauvechain Air Base which formerly flew F-16 Fighting Falcon jets.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Beauvechain?
Within an hour or so of Beauvechain: Leuven Town Hall (12 km), Musée Hergé (17 km), Autoworld Brussels (27 km), Villers Abbey (27 km).
Are there any good drives near Beauvechain?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Brouwersdam.
Where is Beauvechain?
Beauvechain is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Hamme-Mille.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,334
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.7820, 4.7718
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Worth the detour from Beauvechain
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
27 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
27 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Villa Empain
Baron Empain's 1934 marble-and-gilt Art Deco mansion on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, restored by the Boghossian Foundation as an East-West art centre: Brussels' most sumptuous interior after the Horta houses.
27 km · about 30 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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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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