Bioul

Bioul
Bioul
Village
	Bioul: the church of Saint-Barthélemy
	Bioul
	Coordinates: 50°20′N 4°48′E / 50.333°N 4.800°E
Country	Belgium
Province	Namur
Municipality	Anhée
Population (2008)
• Total	2,058

Bioul is a village which, following local government boundary reforms in 1977, has been part of the municipality of Anhée, in the Belgian province of Namur. Bioul was previously administered as an independent municipality.

Bioul is located on the Condroz region of Belgium, a few kilometers to the west of the Meuse valley

Etymology

The name of Bioul derives from the Celtic name bi-gorto meaning "enclosure".

History

Economy

The village is served by regular bus services to Namur and Dinant.

At the Château white and sparkling wines, a little reminiscent of Riesling, are produced using varieties of Johanniter, Muscaris and Pinotin grapes, grown locally, having been adapted to survive a climate that is only just warm enough to support viticulture.

Television celebrity

During the 1980s Bioul acquired a level of possibly unwelcome national celebrity thanks to the Tatayet Show broadcast on national television. The television humourist Jacques Jossart delighted in using an exaggerated pronunciation, referring to the village as "Bi-Youlll", and this caricatured pronunciation was later taken up by a younger generation of comedians such as François Pirette.

Notes

External links

Site of the municipality of Anhée (in French)
Site of the Chateau of Bioul (in French)

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