Boignée Explained

Official Name:Boignée
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Belgium
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Belgium
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Namur
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3: Sombreffe
Area Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:50.5241°N 4.5567°W

Boignée (Walloon: Bougnî) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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

The village of Boignée was a location taken up and defended by the Prussian army during the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sombreffe (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium) . crwflags.com . 2015 . 31 March 2016.