Bohan sur Semois
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Bohan sur Semois is a village located in Belgium
. It is found in the Belgian Ardennes
mountains on the banks of the Semois
river. It is located in the province of Namur
in the French speaking part of Belgium, Wallonia. Bohan is only 2 km from the French
border.
The micro-climatic
conditions in Bohan are very mild. Bohan is the former centre of the forgotten tobacco
agriculture in Belgium. Today Bohan is famous for its specialties like tobacco, trout
fishing and tourism
.
Bohan is part of the Vresse sur Semois community, take a look at Vresse sur Semois at Wikipedia.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. It is found in the Belgian Ardennes
Ardennes
The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
mountains on the banks of the Semois
Semois
The Semois is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium and France towards the River Meuse, of which it is a right tributary....
river. It is located in the province of Namur
Namur (province)
Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur...
in the French speaking part of Belgium, Wallonia. Bohan is only 2 km from the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
border.
The micro-climatic
Microclimate
A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet or as large as many square miles...
conditions in Bohan are very mild. Bohan is the former centre of the forgotten tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
agriculture in Belgium. Today Bohan is famous for its specialties like tobacco, trout
Trout
Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...
fishing and tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
.
Bohan is part of the Vresse sur Semois community, take a look at Vresse sur Semois at Wikipedia.
External links
- Bohan sur Semois multilingual website
- Official website Vresse sur Semois
- Vresse sur Semois WikipediaVresse-sur-SemoisVresse-sur-Semois is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Namur. It consists of the former municipalities of Alle, Bagimont, Bohan, Chairière, Laforêt, Membre, Mouzaive, Nafraiture, Orchimont, Pussemange, Sugny and Vresse....