Laforêt Explained

Laforêt (Walloon: La Foret) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Vresse-sur-Semois, located in the province of Namur, Belgium, and is close to the French border.

It was a municipality itself until 1965 when it merged with the municipality of Vresse.[1] In the fusion of the municipalities in 1977, it became part of the Vresse-sur-Semois municipality.[1]

It is one of the villages in the organisation Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Begische gemeenten sinds 1831 . Samenwerkingsverband Vlaamse Verenigingen voor Familiekunde vzw . Dutch . 2009-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609130330/http://www.svvf.net/imported/Belgische%2Bgemeenten%2Bsinds%2B1831.htm . June 9, 2009 .
  2. Web site: Laforêt - Les plus beaux villages de Wallonie . 2009-06-11 . French . The most beautiful villages in Wallonie . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706133423/http://www.beauxvillages.be/en/v2/default.asp?iId=KIKDF . 2011-07-06 . dead .

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