Herbeumont
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| Herbeumont | |||
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| — Municipality of Belgium — | |||
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| Coordinates: 49°46.85′N 05°14.25′E / 49.78083°N 5.23750°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Region | Wallonia | ||
| Community | French Community | ||
| Province | Luxembourg | ||
| Arrondissement | Neufchâteau | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Jean Guillaume | ||
| • Governing party/ies | REGIS | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 58.81 km2 (22.71 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2011)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,557 | ||
| • Density | 26/km2 (69/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 6887 | ||
| Area codes | 061 | ||
| Website | (French) (Dutch) herbeumont.be | ||
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Herbeumont is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 58.81 km², had 1,536 inhabitants, giving a population density of 26.1 inhabitants per km².
Escape Dutroux [edit]
In April 1998 Marc Dutroux escaped from his guards while being transferred to court without handcuffs by overpowering one of his guards and taking his pistol, but was captured later in Herbeumont by a ranger in the nearby woods. This resulted in the resign of minister of interior Johan Vande Lanotte, minister of justice Stefaan De Clerck and the former police chief.
References [edit]
- ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2011 (XLS; 322 KB)
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