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Bertogne (Municipality, Province of Luxembourg, Belgium) |
 | | The municipality of Bertogne (3,002 inhabitants on 1 July 2007; 9,167 ha) is located in the north of the Province of Luxembourg, at equal distance of Houffalize, Bastogne and La Roche-en-Ardenne. |
 | | Bertogne, from ber, "a height", and onia, "a settlement", was already inhabited in the Gallo-Roman times, as evidenced by the remains of a Roman cemetary. |
 | | Bishop of Liège Notger ceded the domain and the church of Bertogne to the Sainte-Croix church in Liège, which was confirmed by Emperor Henri II on 5 April 1005. |
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