Robelmont ( Gaumais: ''Roubiémont'') is a village of

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...

and a district of the municipality of

Meix-devant-Virton Meix-devant-Virton (, literally ''Meix before Virton''; Gaumais: ''Minch-duvant-Vèrtan''; wa, Méch-divant-Vierton) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2017 the municipality had 2,812 in ...

, located in the

province of Luxembourg Luxembourg (french: Luxembourg ; nl, Luxemburg ; german: Luxemburg ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; wa, Lussimbork), also called Belgian Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the country of Luxembourg to the ea ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

. The asteroid

1145 Robelmonte 1145 Robelmonte, provisional designation , is a Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 February 1929, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Obser ...

is named after the village, in honour of the astronomer

Sylvain Arend Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg province, Belgium. His main interest was astrometry. Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R ...

(1902–1992), who was born there.

History

Between 1968 and 1971 a Gallo-Roman villa was excavated. The current parish church, dedicated to St Martin, was built in 1894. During the

Battle of the Ardennes The Battle of the Ardennes took place during the First World War fought on the frontiers of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg from 21 to 23 August 1914. The German armies defeated the French and forced their retreat. The battle was part of ...

(21-23 August 1914), there was fighting in and around Robelmont between French and German forces.

Notable people

Nicolaus Vernulaeus Nicolaus Vernulaeus (1583–1649) was a professor at the University of Leuven and an important Neo-Latin playwright. Life Nicolas de Vernulz (later Latinized Nicolaus Vernulaeus) was born at Robelmont, near Virton in the Duchy of Luxembourg, on ...

(1583–1649) *

(1902–1992)

Village committee

The annual activities in the village are led by the village's party planning committee.

References

{{Authority control Former municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium) Meix-devant-Virton