Bouillon

Municipality

Bouillon

Flag

Coat of arms

Bouillon

Location in Belgium

Location of Bouillon in Luxembourg

Coordinates: 49°47.73′N 05°4.08′E / 49.79550°N 5.06800°ECoordinates: 49°47.73′N 05°4.08′E / 49.79550°N 5.06800°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

André Defat (CAP)

• Governing party/ies

CAP, PR

Area

• Total

149.09 km² (57.56 sq mi)

Population (1 January 2016)

• Total

5,408

• Density

36/km² (94/sq mi)

Postal codes

6830, 6831, 6832, 6833, 6834, 6836, 6838

Area codes

061

Website

www.bouillon.be

Bouillon [French pronunciation: [bu.jɔ̃]] (Walloon: Bouyon) a is a municipality in Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province. The municipality, which covers 149.09 km², had 5,477 inhabitants, giving a population density of 36.7 inhabitants per km².

Bouillon has a few schools, a lycée (middle school) and a gymnasium (high school), banks and a town square. Bouillon Castle still sits above the town centre, and is a popular tourist attraction.

In the Middle Ages Bouillon was a lordship within the Duchy of Lower Lorraine and the principal seat of the Ardennes-Bouillon dynasty in the 10th and 11th century. In the 11th century they dominated the area, and held the ducal title along with many other titles in the region. Bouillon was the location of the ducal mint and the dominant urban concentration in the dukes' possession.

There is a common misconception that Bouillon was a County. While the lords of Bouillon often were counts and dukes, Bouillon itself was not a county. The fortification of Bouillon Castle was, along with the County of Verdun, the core of the possessions of the Ardennes-Bouillon dynasty, and their combined territory was a complex mixture of fiefs, allodial land and other hereditary rights throughout the area. An example of the latter is the Advocacy of the monastery of Saint-Hubert en Ardennes, which was granted to Godfrey II by the prince-bishop of Liège.

...
Wikipedia