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Gembloux
Gembloux (; ; ) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants. The total area is 95.86 km2, yielding a population density of 229 inhabitants per km2. The mayor, who was elected on 8 October 2006, is Benoît Dispa. The municipality consists of the following districts: Beuzet, Bossière, Bothey, Corroy-le-Château, Ernage, Gembloux, Grand-Leez, Grand-Manil, Isnes, Lonzée, Mazy, and Sauvenière. This city is well known for its Agricultural University and for its cutlery. The university is housed in the historical Abbey of Gembloux, which dates from the tenth century. Gembloux's belfry is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, in recognition of its architecture and testimony to the rise in municipal power in the area. History The central city grew around the Gembloux Abbey, founded in the tenth century. In the vicinity of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Gembloux (1940)
The Battle of Gembloux (or Battle of the Gembloux Gap) was fought between French and German forces in May 1940 during the Second World War. On 10 May 1940, The Nazi ''Wehrmacht'', invaded Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Belgium under the operational plan '' Fall Gelb'' (Case Yellow). Allied armies responded with the Dyle Plan (Breda variant), intended to halt the Germans in Belgium, believing it to be the main German thrust. The Allies committed their best and most mobile to an advance into Belgium on 10 May and on 12 May, the Germans began the second part of ''Fall Gelb,'' the Manstein Plan an advance through the Ardennes, to reach the English Channel and cut off the Allied forces in Belgium. Unaware that the German invasion of the Low Countries was a decoy, the French Army intended to halt the German advance into central Belgium and France on two defensive positions at the towns of Hannut and Gembloux. The French First Army, the most powerful Allied army, was to defend the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gembloux Abbey
Gembloux Abbey () was a Benedictine abbey near Gembloux in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Since 1860, its buildings host the University of Liège's Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech faculty and campus (previously known as Agronomical University of Gembloux). Foundation The former Benedictine monastery, located about nine miles north-west of Namur on the river Orneau, was founded about 945 by Saint Guibert or Wibert (lat: ''Wicbertus'') and dedicated to Saint Peter and the martyr Saint Exuperius. Saint Guibert was assisted in the erection of the monastery and the selection of its monks by Erluin, who had resigned a canonry to become a monk. Some of Guibert's relatives challenged the legality of the monastic foundation on the grounds that the monastery was built on land of the Imperial fisc, which had been given in fee to Guibert's ancestors and could not be alienated without imperial authority. Emperor Otto I summoned Guibert and Erluin to his court but was so favourably impress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Gembloux (1578)
The Battle of Gembloux took place at Gembloux, near Namur, Low Countries, between the Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria ('' Spanish: Don Juan de Austria''),Morris p. 268 Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, and a rebel army composed of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French, and Walloon soldiers under Antoine de Goignies, during the Eighty Years' War. On 31 January 1578 the Spanish cavalry commanded by John's nephew, Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma (''Italian: Alessandro Farnese'', '' Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio''), after pushing back the Netherlandish cavalry, attacked the Netherlandish army, causing an enormous panic amongst the rebel troops. The result was a crushing victory for the Spanish forces. The battle hastened the disintegration of the unity of the rebel provinces, and meant the end of the Union of Brussels.Tracy pp. 140–141Morris p. 274 Prelude After the Sack of Antwerp by Spanish mutineers on 4 November 1576, Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Hannut
The Battle of Hannut was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of Belgium which took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium. It was the largest tank battle in the campaign. It was also the largest clash of tanks in armoured warfare history at the time. The primary purpose of the Germans was to tie down the strongest elements of the French First Army and keep it away from the main German attack by Army Group A through the Ardennes, as laid down in the German operational plan '' Fall Gelb'' (Case Yellow), by ''General'' Erich von Manstein. The German breakout of the Ardennes was scheduled for 15 May, five days after the German attacks on the Netherlands and Belgium. The delay was to entice the Allies into believing the main thrust would, like the Schlieffen Plan in World War I, come through Belgium and then down into France. When the Allied armies advanced into Belgium according to the Dyle Plan, they would be tied down by German offensive operations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculté Universitaire Des Sciences Agronomiques De Gembloux
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT), located in Gembloux, Belgium, is one of the eleven faculties of the University of Liège. Founded in 1860 and previously known as the Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux (FUSAGx, French for: Gembloux Agronomical University), it is Belgium's oldest educational and research institution dedicated to agronomic sciences and biological engineering. It is the only school in Belgium to be accredited by the French Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur allowing the university to deliver the Diplôme d'Ingénieur engineering degree. The school is also accredited by the EUR-ACE label, the highest European quality label for engineering degree programmes at Bachelor and Master level. Prior to 2009, it was an independent public university of the French Community of Belgium. History The university is housed in the historical Abbey of Gembloux, which was founded around 940. After the French Revolution, monks were expelled, and the abbey wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of France
The Battle of France (; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (), the French Campaign (, ) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and French Third Republic, France. The plan for the invasion of the Low Countries and France was called (Case Yellow or the Manstein plan). (Case Red) was planned to finish off the French and British after the Dunkirk evacuation, evacuation at Dunkirk. The Low Countries and France were defeated and occupied by Axis troops down to the Demarcation line (France), Demarcation line. On 3 September 1939, French declaration of war on Germany (1939), France and United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939), Britain declared war on Nazi Germany, over the German invasion of Poland on 1 September. In early September 1939, the French army began the limited Saar Offensive but by mid-October had withdrawn to the start line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonzée
Lonzée (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gembloux, located in the province of Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. It was a municipality in its own right until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1945. The village is located in Hesbaye and extends along the Arton (a stream that is a tributary of the Orneau). It is located about 3 km southeast of the city of Gembloux. Etymology In its earliest written mention (1289) the village is called ''Lonsees''. History Three different hamlets are mentioned in medieval sources: Harton (Arton), Argenton and Lonzée, located on the border of the Duchy of Brabant and the county of Namur. In 1357, the border between both is delimited by the Arton (Harton) which divides the village into two parts: Lonzée to the north (Duchy of Brabant) and Argenton to the south (county of Namur). This border would be disputed for a long time: conflicts and trials would come one after the other during the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bothey
Bothey (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gembloux, located in the province of Namur, Belgian. Bothey was its own municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it merged with Gembloux. History Along with the hamlet of Villeret, the village of Bothey and a stream that connected them, were on the extreme left wing of the Prussian army at the Battle of Ligny The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium. The result was a tactical victor ... on 16 June 1815. Bothey remained in Prussian hands throughout the battle. Notes References * Former municipalities of Namur (province) Battle of Ligny locations Gembloux {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfries Of Belgium And France
The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, in recognition of the civic (rather than church) Belfry (architecture), belfries serving as an architectural manifestation of emerging civic independence from feudal and religious influences in the former County of Flanders (present-day French Flanders area of France and Flanders region of Belgium) and neighbouring areas which once were possessions of the House of Burgundy (in present-day Wallonia of Belgium). The World Heritage Site was originally called the Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia, a 1999 UNESCO list of 32 towers in those two regions of Belgium. In 2005, the list was expanded and given its current name, recognizing the addition of 23 belfries from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy regions in the north-eastern tip of France, plus the belfry of Gembloux in Wallonia. Despite the list being concerned with civic tower structures, it includes six Belgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazy
Mazy (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gembloux, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Geography Mazy is crossed by the Orneau (a tributary of the Sambre). Heritage Falnuée Castle Falnuée Castle ( is a ''château-ferme'' (castle farm) in Mazy, in the municipality of Gembloux, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It is now a golf clubhouse. See also *List of castles in Belgium A list is a set of discrete items of i ..., currently a golf clubhouse, is located in Mazy. References External links * — picture of the castle. Former municipalities of Namur (province) Gembloux {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Namur
The Arrondissement of Namur () is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Namur, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. The territory of the Judicial Arrondissement of Namur coincides with that of the Administrative Arrondissement of Namur. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Namur consists of the following municipalities: * Andenne * Assesse * Éghezée * Fernelmont * Floreffe * Fosses-la-Ville * Gembloux * Gesves * Jemeppe-sur-Sambre * La Bruyère * Mettet * Namur * Ohey * Profondeville * Sambreville * Sombreffe Demography Colors= id:a value:gray(0.9) id:b value:gray(0.7) id:c value:rgb(1,1,1) id:d value:rgb(0.7,0.8,0.9) ImageSize = width:750 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:320000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:b increment:40000 start:0 ScaleMinor = g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namur Province
Namur (; ; ) is a Provinces of Belgium, province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut Province, Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège Province, Liège and Luxembourg (Belgium), Luxembourg in Belgium, and the France, French department of Ardennes (department), Ardennes. Its capital and largest city is the city of Namur. As of January 2024, the province of Namur has a population of about 0.5 million. Subdivisions It has an area of and is divided into three Arrondissements of Belgium, administrative districts (''arrondissements'' in French language, French) containing a total of 38 municipalities (''communes'' in French language, French). Economy The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 13.5 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.9% of Belgium's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 24,000 € or 80% of the EU27 average in the same year. GDP per person emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
