Country Belgium Region Wallonia Area codes 080 Local time Friday 2:25 PM Province Luxembourg | Community French Community Postal codes 6670-6674 Website www.gouvy.be Area code 080 | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 67% Humidity Arrondissement Arrondissement of Bastogne | ||
Gouvy is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.
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Map of Gouvy, Belgium
On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 165.11 km², had 4,780 inhabitants, giving a population density of 29 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was created in 1977 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Beho, Bovigny, Cherain, Limerlé, and Montleban. Villages in the municipality include Baclain, Bistain, Brisy, Cherapont, Cierreux, Courtil, Deiffelt, Halconreux, Halonru, Honvelez, Langlire, Lomré, Ourthe, Rettigny, Rogery, Steinbach, Sterpigny, Vaux and Wathermal. The administrative headquarters are situated in Bovigny.
The Ourthe Orientale river originates in the municipality of Gouvy, near the hamlet of Ourthe.
Transportation
It used to have a SNCB station linking it with Bastogne, but passenger train service stopped in 1984. Train traffic is still active on the line between Liège and Luxembourg.