Bouillon is a municipality located in the western part of the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the district of Neufchâteau. On January 1st, 2004 Bouillon had a total population of 5,450 (2,651 males and 2,799 females). The total area is 149.09 km² which gives a population density of 36.56 inhabitants per km².

In the Middle Ages it was a county within the Duchy of Lower Lorraine. The most famous of the Counts of Bouillon was Godfrey of Bouillon (see the Dukes of Lower Lorraine for the other Counts of Bouillon).

Bouillon has a few schools, a lyceum 'lycée (middle school) and a gymnasium (high school), banks and a square place.

The area is surrounded by forests and is passed by a river named Semois (German: Sesbach, Walloon: Simwès) which its total length is 210 km.

Villages

• Bellevaux
• Corbion
• Dohan
• Les Hayons
• Poupehan
• Rochehaut
• Noirefontaine (French for black fountain)
• Sensenruth
• Ucimont
• Vivy

Historical population

External link

• Official web site, in French