| 词条 | Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin |
| 释义 |
The villages of Nil-Saint-Vincent and Nil-Saint-Martin were merged in 1812.[2] 'Nil' is the name of a small river, along whose valley the various areas of settlement (Nil-Pierreux, Nil-Saint-Vincent, Nil-Saint-Martin) lie. LandmarksNil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin has several notable landmarks. The Tiège windmillThe Tiège windmill was built in 1834 by the Thienpont family. It was used until June 23, 1946[3] and today is a listed building (monument classé). The centre of BelgiumThe Institut Géographique National, the Belgian national cartographical service, calculated that the geographical centre of Belgium lay in Nil-Saint-Vincent.[4] The architect Bernard Defrenne built a monument for this location, which was inaugurated on August 22, 1998.[4] It is located at coordinates {{coord|50|38|28|N|4|40|05|E|region:BE_type:landmark|name=Geographical centre of Belgium}}.[5] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/bel/w/walhain.htm |title=Belgian Civic Heraldry - Walhain |accessdate=2007-03-09}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.walhain.be/template.asp?mc=2&smc=6&ssmc=12&smenuc=Nil-Saint-Vincent&tmp=4&m=2&sm=6 |title=Histoire de Nil-Saint-Vincent |language=French |accessdate=2007-03-09 |publisher=Municipality of Walhain |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070319032150/http://www.walhain.be/template.asp?mc=2&smc=6&ssmc=12&smenuc=Nil-Saint-Vincent&tmp=4&m=2&sm=6 |archivedate = 2007-03-19}} 3. ^Sign seen next to the windmill (See Moulin Du Tiège sign photo) 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.walhain.be/template.asp?m=2&sm=3&smenu=Centre%20g%E9ographique&tmp=4 |title=Centre géographique - Le Site |language=French |publisher=Municipality of Walhain |accessdate=2007-03-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215855/http://www.walhain.be/template.asp?m=2&sm=3&smenu=Centre+g%E9ographique&tmp=4 |archivedate = 2007-05-14}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=49885 |title=Center Cache |accessdate=2007-03-09}} External links
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