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Boignée (Walloon: Bougnî) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
Boignée
Bougnî (Walloon) | |
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Village | |
 The church neighbourhood | |
  Boignée | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′26.78″N 4°33′23.96″E / 50.5241056°N 4.5566556°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Province |  Namur |
| Municipality |  Sombreffe |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Previously its own municipality, a 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities made it an ancienne commune of Sombreffe. Boignée is on the banks of the river Ligny.
History edit
The village of Boignée was a location taken up and defended by the Prussian army during the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Sombreffe (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)". crwflags.com. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Siborne 1848, pp. 200–201, 207–208, 210, 211.
External links edit
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- Siborne, William (1848), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable
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