'Viroinval' is a
Belgian municipality located in the
Walloon province of
Namur. On
January 1 2006 Viroinval had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 120.90
km² which gives a
population density of 47 inhabitants per km².
From
1995 to 2004, Viroinval was the location of the
geographical centre of the European Union, at coordinates , and a monument there records that finding. On
May 1 2005 the EU expanded from fifteen states to twenty-five, and the geographical centre of the union moved eastwards to the village of
Kleinmaischeid,
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany. On
1 january 2007 it shifted even further south-eastwards.
Villages & Cities in the Viroinval
Dourbes
Le Mesnil
Mazée
Nismes
Oignies-en-Thiérache
Olloy-sur-Viroin
Treignes
Vierves-sur-Viroin
External links
★
Official Website of the municipality
★
The former Centre of the European Union