Tamines ( wa, Tamene) 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
Sambreville, located in the
province of Namur,
Belgium
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.
During the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
, there was a seat of an
alderman
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in the village, which had strong connections to the priory in Oignies on the other side of the
Sambre. From the 18th century,
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
started in the village, and by 1899 most of the area of the village was used for coal mining. The mine closed in 1965. The village was connected to the
Charleroi–
Namur railway line already in 1843. During
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, 613 villagers were killed by German troops on 22 August 1914, during the
Rape of Belgium. Almost 300 houses were also destroyed during the war.
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Former municipalities of Namur (province)
Sub-municipalities of Sambreville
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