Rochefort (Belgium)

Rochefort
Rochefort
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Namur
District :	Dinant
Coordinates :	50 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 13 ′  E
Area :	165.27 km²
Residents:	12,611 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	76 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	5580
Prefix:	084
Mayor:	François Bellot
Local government address :	Administration Communale Place Albert I, 1 5580 Rochefort
Website:	www.rochefort.be

Rochefort is a Belgian municipality in the Wallonia region with 12,611 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). It is located in the Ardennes and consists of ten other districts in addition to the eponymous capital.

Dinant is 24 kilometers north-west, Namur 40 kilometers north-west and Brussels about 90 kilometers north-west.

history

Rochefort owes its name to a fortification ( rocha fortis ) that was built on a rock spur by the first lords of Rochefort, the Montaigu family . The castle and the place were the center of a seigneury , which was raised to a county by the Roman-German King Maximilian I in 1494 (see County Rochefort (Famenne) ). This was owned by the zu Stolberg family from 1544 before it came to the von Löwenstein-Wertheim family in 1574 .

traffic

The nearest motorway junctions are Rochefort and Wellin on the A 4 / E 411 .

In the Jemelle district, four kilometers east of the main town, is the nearest train station on the Namur- or Liège - Arlon -Luxembourg railway line . In addition to local trains, Intercity trains on the Brussels-Luxembourg route and EuroCitys on the Brussels-Zurich route also stop here .

The Brussels-Charleroi airport and the Liege Airport are the next regional airports with some international connections.

Attractions

Trappist Abbey of N.D. de Saint-Rémy

The place is dominated by the ruins of the former count's castle . The area has been used as a recreation home for sick children since 2010 and can therefore only be visited by groups by prior arrangement and as part of a guided tour. The well-preserved castle of the same name is located in the Lavaux-Sainte-Anne district . Rochefort also founded in the 13th century is Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Remy the Trappists . The Trappist beer " Rochefort " has been brewed in the abbey since the beginning of the 19th century .

The Loreto Grotto ( Grotte de Lorette ) was discovered in 1865 and is open to visitors for tours.

Personalities

• François Crépin (1830–1903), botanist
• Léo Houziaux (* 1932), astronomer

Web links

Commons : Rochefort  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ website of the Tourism Association Rivers Lesse ; Retrieved August 18, 2012.