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Fagne or la Fagne (French: fen) is a natural region in southern
Belgium and northern France, sometimes grouped with Famenne as
Fagne-Famenne. It should not be confused with the High Fens
(French: Hautes Fagnes), which are further east and straddle the
border of Belgium and Germany.   The word Fagne comes from the
Walloon language, and means 'swampy ground'. This term comes
from the Old Low Franconian *fanja 'mud', in turn coming from
the Gothic fani 'mud'.[1] The English term 'fen' is a cognate.
The Haute Fagnes in eastern Belgium share the same etymology.
Location of Fagne in a relief map of Belgium  The Fagne is
mostly in the provinces of Namur and Hainaut in Wallonia in
southern Belgium. It extends west into the French Arrondissement
of Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the Nord department, in the Nord-Pas de
Calais region. It is bounded on the east by the river Meuse,
east of which lies Famen