Sivry-Rance

Sivry-Rance
Sivry-Rance
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Hainaut
District :	Thuin
Coordinates :	50 ° 9 '  N , 4 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '  N , 4 ° 13'  E
Area :	72.97 km²
Residents:	4798 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	66 inhabitants per km²
Height:	185  m
Post Code:	6470
Prefix:	060
Mayor:	Jean-François Gatelier
Local government address :	Grand Place, 2 6470 Sivry-Rance
Website:	www.sivry-rance.be

Sivry-Rance is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut .

The municipality is located in the valley of the Thure and includes the places Grandrieu, Montbliart, Rance, Sautin and Sivry.

Neighboring municipalities: Sivry-Rance borders in the north on the municipality of Beaumont , in the west on Froidchapelle , in the south on Chimay and in the west on Hestrud in the French department Nord .

Marble Museum

In the district of Rance is the Musée national du marbre , the national marble museum, which is dedicated to the former quarrying of a red-brown limestone ( Marbre de Rance ) in local quarries and predominantly red-brown variations near Philippeville . The Rance limestone originated in the Upper Devonian ( Frasnium ) period. These rocks were used for exclusive purposes in Belgium and France. For example, the Marbre de Rance in the Palace of Versailles was used to design the mirror gallery (Galerie des Glaces).

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  Town view of Rance

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Francis Tourneur: Marbres Wallon: Esquisse d'un repertoire. In: Robert Tollet: Dossier de la Commission royale des Monuments, Sites et Fouilles, No. 11, Liège 2004, p. 34

Web links

Commons : Sivry-Rance  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Site of the marble museum