Saint-Hubert (Belgium)

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Saint-Hubert
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Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg)
Saint-Hubert
Saint-Hubert
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Luxembourg
District : Neufchâteau
Coordinates : 50 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 22 ′  E
Area : 111.16 km²
Residents: 5569 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density: 50 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 6870
Prefix: 061, 084
Mayor: Jean-Luc Henneaux

Local government address : 		Administration Communale
Hôtel de Ville
place du Marché
6870 Saint-Hubert
Website: www.saint-hubert.be
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Saint-Hubert ( Walloon : Sint-Houbert ) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg with 5569 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and presents itself as the “European capital of hunting and nature”.

The community is named after Saint Hubertus of Liège , whose bones were transferred from Liège to Andagium , later Andain and now Saint-Hubert, in 825 .

geography

Saint-Hubert is located in the wooded Ardennes on a tributary of the Lomme . Where this is crossed by the road to Libin down in the valley , the Poix-St-Hubert train station is on the Namur-Luxembourg railway line . The highest point of the municipality and the western Ardennes is 589.5 meters above sea level and is about 4 kilometers east of Saint-Hubert.

St. Hubert
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: WMO
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for St. Hubert
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.3 3.2 6.7 9.9 14.7 17.1 19.6 19.6 15.9 11.4 5.8 3.3 O 10.8
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Precipitation ( mm ) 96.9 76.0 95.3 76.8 85.7 100.4 91.9 72.9 88.1 102.7 105.7 108.8 Σ 1,101.2
Rainy days ( d ) 15.3 12.2 15.4 13.1 13.1 13.2 11.9 10.3 11.9 13.2 14.9 15.6 Σ 160.1
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Source: WMO

Districts

  • Arville et Lorcy: 938
  • Awenne: 371
  • Hatrival et Poix: 676
  • Mirwart: 107 (castle)
  • Saint-Hubert: 3,114 (basilica, abbey, city administration, old working-class neighborhood)
  • Vesqueville: 534

Worth seeing

Basilica of St. Hubert in Saint-Hubert

The Gothic St. Hubert basilica with its baroque facade towers above the place and is well worth seeing. In this church u. a. the book of Hubertus, patron of the hunters, is kept, who is invoked against rabies . The Hubertus key was used to treat rabies . A special feature of the basilica can be observed on the day of the solstice . On this day, shortly after 6 a.m., a ray of sunlight falls on the third monk's chair.

In addition to the basilica, the former Saint-Pierre abbey is also particularly worth seeing.

The Fourneau Saint Michel blast furnace and open-air museum in the Belgian province of Luxembourg is seven kilometers west of the city center .

Partnerships

Saint-Hubert maintains partnerships with the municipalities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Saint-Hubert (Belgium)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: S. Hubert in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts