Jemappes is a Walloon town in south-western Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, province Hainaut. Since 1976, it is part of the city Mons

Mons

Mons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour , Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles,...

. Jemappes is known for the Battle of Jemappes

Battle of Jemappes

The 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 French

France

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 and Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n armies in 1792.

During the French occupation of Belgium (1792–1814), there was a département named after the Battle of Jemappes, see Jemmape

Jemmape (département)

Jemmape 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, Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time. Its territory...

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Jemappes was also a battleground in the First World War.

Notable inhabitants

• Georges Emile Lebacq
  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
• Jean-Marie Buchet
  Jean-Marie Buchet
  Jean-Marie Buchet is a Belgian author and filmmaker.-Early life & education:At the age of twelve, Buchet said to a school-fellow, after having failed at an examination: "Later I will make cinema!"...
  
  , author-filmmaker born on February 24, 1938.
• Salvatore Adamo
  Salvatore Adamo
  Salvatore, Knight Adamo, simply known as Adamo is a Belgian – Italian composer and singer of ballads, mainly in French, but also in other languages such as German, Italian and Spanish. He had commercial success during the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, but...
  
  , singer, lived here 1948 - ?
• Gérard Roland, noted Economist, born in 1954.

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