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Boignée
Bougnî (Walloon)
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Village
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The church neighbourhood
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 Boignée
Location in Belgium
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| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Province |  Namur |
| Municipality |  Sombreffe |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Boignée (Walloon: Bougnî) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
Previously its own municipality, a 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities made it an ancienne commune of Sombreffe. Boignée is on the banks of the river Ligny.
History
The village of Boignée was a location taken up and defended by the Prussian army during the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815.
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