Jemappes (in older texts also:
Jemmape and
Jemmapes) is a
WalloonWallonia , formally the Walloon Region , is the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium. It makes up about 33% of the population and 55% of the territory of Belgium. Walloon Region is also the name given to the regional government of Wallonia...
town in south-western
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
, province Hainaut. Since 1976, it is part of the city
MonsMons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital...
. Jemappes is known for the
Battle of JemappesThe Battle of Jemappes took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Belgium, near Mons. General Charles François Dumouriez, in command of the French Revolutionary Army, defeated the greatly outnumbered Austrian army of Field Marshal Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen and his second-in-command...
between the
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
and
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
n armies in 1792.
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Jemappes (in older texts also:
Jemmape and
Jemmapes) is a
WalloonWallonia , formally the Walloon Region , is the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium. It makes up about 33% of the population and 55% of the territory of Belgium. Walloon Region is also the name given to the regional government of Wallonia...
town in south-western
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
, province Hainaut. Since 1976, it is part of the city
MonsMons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital...
. Jemappes is known for the
Battle of JemappesThe Battle of Jemappes took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Belgium, near Mons. General Charles François Dumouriez, in command of the French Revolutionary Army, defeated the greatly outnumbered Austrian army of Field Marshal Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen and his second-in-command...
between the
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
and
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
n armies in 1792.
During the French occupation of Belgium (1792-1814), there was a département named after the Battle of Jemappes, see
JemmapeJemmape is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village Jemappes, near Mons. Jemappes was spelled Jemmape or Jemmapes at the time. Its territory corresponds...
.
Jemappes was also a battleground in the First World War.
Notable inhabitants
- Jean-Marie Buchet
Jean-Marie Buchet is a Belgian author-filmmaker, born on February 24, 1938 in Jemappes, Belgium, near Mons.Jean-Marie Buchet entered the Section of experimental cinema that La Cambre had just created in 1957...
, author-filmmaker born on February 24, 1938.
- Georges Emile Lebacq
Georges-Emile Lebacq was a Belgian painter born in Jemappes the 26th September 1876 and died in Bruges the 4th August 1950.- Biography :...
, painter born on September 26, 1876
- Salvatore Adamo
Salvatore, Knight Adamo, simply known as Adamo is a Belgian composer and singer of ballads, mainly in French, but also in other languages such as Italian and Spanish. He had commercial success during the sixties and seventies, mostly in Europe and Latin America, but also in Japan and the US. Adamo...
, singer, lived here 1948 - ?
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