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Cerfontaine, Belgium

Cerfontaine (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Cerfontaine had a total population of 4,546. The total area is 83.45&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a population density of 54 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Cerfontaine, Daussois, Senzeille, Silenrieux, Soumoy, and Villers-Deux-Églises.

The Eau d'Heure lakes are situated partly in this municipality and partly in neighbouring Froidchapelle.

History

Postal history

The CERFONTAINE post-office opened on 25 February 1860. It used a Distribution code 98 with vertical bars (before 1864), and 75 with points before 1874. The SILENRIEUX post-office opened on 9 December 1899; SENZEILLES on 21 August 1906.

Code 5630 since at least 1990.

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977): - 6355 Villers-Deux-Églises - 6444 Silenrieux - 6445 Daussois - 6450 Cerfontaine - 6451 Soumoy - 6452 Senzeille.

Town twinning

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