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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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Gesves
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Gesves
Gesves works well as a base: 10 minutes from Faulx-Les Tombes, 32km from Grottes de Han.
Gesves is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 6,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Faulx-Les Tombes, about 5 km away.
Gesves (French: [ʒɛv]; Walloon: Djeve) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Faulx-les-Tombes, Gesves, Haltinne, Mozet, and Sorée. It also includes the hamlets of Gramptinne, Goyet (site of glacial remnants of Neanderthals),Read more
Haut-Bois, and Strud (site where fossil of Strudiella devonica, a Late Devonian insect, was discovered).
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,321 inhabitants. The total area is 64.92 km2, giving a population density of 97 inhabitants per km2.
On 1 December 2019, the population had grown to 7,246 inhabitants (3,612 men and 3,634 women), representing a growth of 14.63% over the course of 13 years.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Gesves?
Within an hour or so of Gesves: Citadelle de Namur (16 km), Citadel of Namur (16 km), Citadelle de Dinant (19 km), Citadel of Dinant (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Gesves?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Route du Vin.
Where is Gesves?
Gesves is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 5 km from Faulx-Les Tombes.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,150
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.4015, 5.0746
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Worth the detour from Gesves
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
16 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Durbuy
Billed as the smallest town in the world, a cluster of grey-stone houses and a castle in a green Ardennes valley.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Grottes de Han
A spectacular river cave system explored by tram and boat, the finest show caves in Belgium's Ardennes.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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La Roche-en-Ardenne
A ruined feudal castle crowns this riverside town wrapped in a hairpin bend of the Ourthe, a base for Ardennes drives.
43 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Gesves
- 50 kmBaraque de FraitureBelgium's second-highest point at 652 m, a windswept Ardennes plateau crossroads on the N89 with a small ski station and sweeping high-fen scenery.
- 65 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
- 66 kmGileppe DamA 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
- 68 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 kmSignal de BotrangeAt 694m this is the highest point in Belgium, marked by a stone tower on the Hautes Fagnes plateau.
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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