Jeneffe () is a village and district of the municipality of
Donceel
Donceel (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Donceel had a total population of 2,828. The total area is 23.31 km2 which gives a population density of 121 inhabitants per km2.
Th ...
, located in the
province of Liège 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 ...
, Belgium.
During 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 ...
, the village was a
fief
A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal alle ...
belonging to the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
The Prince-Bishopric of Liège or Principality of Liège was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was situated for the most part in present-day Belgium. It was an Imperial Estate, so the bishop of Liège, as ...
. The oldest parts of the village church dates from 13th century. There are also a number of historical farm houses in the village, from the end of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Populated places in Liège Province