Boignée

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

Boignée
Bougnî (Walloon)
Village
The church neighbourhood
The church neighbourhood
Boignée is located in Belgium
Boignée
Boignée
Coordinates: 50°31′26.78″N 4°33′23.96″E
Country Belgium
Region Wallonia
Province Namur
Municipality Sombreffe
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

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.[1]

References
  1. Siborne 1848, pp. 200–201, 207–208, 210, 211.
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  • Siborne, William (1848), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable


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