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Purnode (in Walloon Purnôde) is a part of Yvoir a Belgian municipality located in Wallonia, more precisely in the Province of Namur.
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It was a municipality of its own until 1977 when it merged with Yvoir.
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There are a lot of potales (small niche or chapel (often inset into a wall) to the Virgin) made of blue stones and bricks in the village.
Purnode has a water system from 1913 and has electricity since 1917.