Gimnée () is a village in

Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...

and a district of the municipality of

Doische Doische (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 2,846 inhabitants. The total area is 84.02 km2, giving a population density of 34 inhabitants per km2. The municip ...

, located in the

province of Namur Namur (; ; ) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French department of Ardennes. Its ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. The settlement is traceable back to a

Roman villa A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Nevertheless, the term "Roman villa" generally covers buildings with the common ...

which was founded here during Gallo-Roman times. In the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, it was part of the holdings of the lords of

Hierges Hierges () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ardennes (département), Ardennes Department of France, department in the Grand Est Regions of France, region in northern France. Hierges is located in the Meuse valley along the Belgium, Belg ...

. The current village church dates from 1770.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gimnee Populated places in Namur (province) Doische