Herbeumont

Herbeumont
Municipality

The town hall

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Herbeumont

Location in Belgium

Coordinates: 49°46.85′N 05°14.25′E / 49.78083°N 5.23750°ECoordinates: 49°46.85′N 05°14.25′E / 49.78083°N 5.23750°E
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Luxembourg
Arrondissement Neufchâteau
Government
  Mayor Jean Guillaume
  Governing party/ies REGIS
Area
  Total 58.81 km2 (22.71 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
  Total 1,559
  Density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Postal codes 6887
Area codes 061
Website (French) (Dutch) herbeumont.be

Herbeumont is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.

On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 58.81 km², had 1,536 inhabitants, giving a population density of 26.1 inhabitants per km².

Escape Dutroux

In April 1998 Marc Dutroux escaped from his guards while being transferred to court without handcuffs by overpowering one of his guards and taking his pistol, but was captured later in Herbeumont by a ranger in the nearby woods. This resulted in the resign of minister of interior Johan Vande Lanotte, minister of justice Stefaan De Clerck and the former police chief.

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