Couvin (BE)

Couvin (pronunciation: ​[ku.vɛ̃]; Walloon: Couvén) is a town and municipality (13,782 inhabitants end 2017) located in the Belgian province of Namur. Couvin is the second largest municipality of Belgium by surface area (207 km²), after Tournai.

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Couvin proper, Aublain, Boussu-en-Fagne, Brûly, Brûly-de-Pesche, Cul-des-Sarts, Dailly, Frasnes-lez-Couvin, Gonrieux, Mariembourg, Pesche, Petigny, Petite-Chapelle, and Presgaux.

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Postal history before 1910

The MARIEMBOURG post office opened before 1830. It used a Perception code 81 and code 136 in 1857, and 239 with points before 1874. The COUVIN post office opened in 1835. It used a Perception code 30 (before 1864), and 89 with points before 1874. LE BRULY post office opened on 26 January 1859. It used a Distribution code 83 (before 1864), and 59 with points before 1874. CUL-DES-SARTS on 22 June 1876. AUBLAIN relay in 1898, FRASNES-LEZ-COUVIN in 1899.

Postmarks after 1950

Postal code: 5660 since October 1990.

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Baudouin period

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Couvin - 5660 in December 1990.

Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Albert I period

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Postal card

German occupation card dated in 1915, from Silenrieux to Leipzig.

Railway

Octogonal in 1920.

Leopold II period

COUVIN in 1897.

Leopold I period

89 in points on a 1863 issue.

Covers

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