Bouillon

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Bouillon ( German rare / uncommon bumps, also Bulen ) is a municipality with 5427 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012) in southeastern Belgium in the Walloon region, right on the French border. The city lies on the banks of the Semois ( German Semois ) of the Bulge ( Ardennes are the western part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains ). The site is dominated by the castle of the same.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Philippe Albert ( born 1967), football player
  • Léon Degrelle (1906-1994), leader of the Belgian Rexists and officer of the Waffen- SS
  • Madeleine Ozeray (1908-1989), theater and film actress

The Bouillon Castle

Old map of the town and castle

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