Florenville is a Walloon municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of Luxembourg. On 1 January 2007 the municipality had 5,448 inhabitants. The total area is 146.91 km², giving a population density

Population density

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 of 37.1 inhabitants per km².

It is located on the Semois

Semois

The Semois is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium and France towards the River Meuse, of which it is a right tributary....

 River, facing the French border.

Apart from Florenville itself, the municipality also contains the sections of Chassepierre, Fontenoille, Lacuisine, Muno, Sainte-Cécile and Villers-devant-Orval.

Orval Abbey

Orval Abbey

Orval Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 in the Gaume region of Belgium and is located in Villers-devant-Orval, part of Florenville in the province of Luxembourg...

 is located in Villers-devant-Orval. Nearby is the citadel of Godfrey de Bouillon.

External links

• Florenville official website