Mozet () is a village of

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and a district of the municipality of

Gesves Gesves (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Faulx-les-Tombes, Gesves, Haltinne, Mozet, and Sorée. It also includes the hamlets of Gramptinne, Go ...

, 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 ...

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. Although the area has been settled since Roman times, the current village developed around the church and castle of an

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in the early 11th century. During

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, fighting took place in the village in 1914, during the battle for Fort de Maizeret and

Fort d'Andoy The Fort d'Andoy is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French fort ...

. In 1916, 65 men from the village were deported to Germany during the

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. The village is clustered around the village church, which has Romanesque foundations but largely dates from 1775; it was enlarged in 1853. Three fortified farms exist in the village, as well as the ruins of a

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from the 13th century. The village is member of the association

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* {{Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie Former municipalities of Namur (province) Gesves