Bousignies-Sur-Roc: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Bousignies-sur-Roc is one of the eleven municipalities in the Natura 2000 area FR3100512 “Hautes vallées de la Solre, de la Thure, de la Hante et leurs versants boisés et bocagers”. The area covers 241 hectares. Renting a holiday apartment in Bousignies-sur-Roc may suit your personal travel plans.

Nature

The landscape includes the petrifying spring on the wooded hill of Bois de Squinchaux. It flows into the Hante a few hundred metres from its source. The hiking trail in Bousignies-sur-Roc combines rural panoramas, woodland landscapes and old stone buildings or historic stone elements. The orange trail-marking standard must be followed along this route.

In the wider regional surroundings of Bousignies-sur-Roc are Mont Panisel and Terril de l'Héribus; both are listed as hills.

Culture and History

The Sainte-Aldegonde church contains a painted wooden crucifix made in the 15th century, which is classified as a protected historic object. It also has an 18th-century high altar with a tabernacle, reredos and a painting of the Crucifixion, which is listed as a protected object. In addition, it contains a polychrome wooden statue of Saint Roch from the 17th century, which is listed as a protected object.

The Sainte-Aldegonde oratory on Rue de Landignies is considered the oldest oratory in the arrondissement and bears the date 1681. The Notre-Dame des Bois chapel stands at Fond-de-Gouttes in the hamlet of Comagne, on a slope on the right bank of the Hantes; the Belgian border is only a few metres away.

The Fort de Cerfontaine is located in the vicinity of Bousignies-sur-Roc and is listed as a fort. The Fort du Bourdiau is also located nearby and is listed as a fort. The Abbaye Sainte Aldegonde is listed there as a historic site. Estinnes, abbaye de Bonne-Espérance (1130-1797) is also located in the vicinity and is listed as an abbey.

There were two marble sawmills on the Hante in the 19th century: one at Petit Fayau and one at Terme du Mont. A memorial stele in Bousignies-sur-Roc commemorates the crash of Lancaster LL839 of 626 Squadron on the night of 26 March 1944.

Other places: Lannoy, Ribécourt-La-Tour, Baives, Wasquehal, Loon-Plage, Bailleul, Romeries, Lambersart.

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