Macon is a town

Town

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 located in the municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 of Momignies

Momignies

Momignies is a Walloon municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Momignies had a total population of 5,125. The total area is 85.58 km² which gives a population density of 60 inhabitants per km²....

 in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of Hainaut.

The town has approximately 500 people, and is about 10 miles west of Chimay

Chimay

Chimay a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Chimay had a total population of 9,774. The total area is 197.10 km² which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km²...

, near the French

France

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 border. Nearby lies the site where the first U.S. troops began to liberate Belgium during World War II

World War II

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. A memorial stands near Macon at the point where soldiers of the First Army crossed from France into Belgium. The town is centered on St. Jean the Baptist Church, and a Linden

Tilia

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Tree, several centuries old, sits in the church square, and is supported by braces originally built in the 17th century by Monsieur DeCuir.

Source: Lybaert, Leon, Rev, and DeCuir, Randy: Albert deCuire arrives in Louisiana, Published 1995. Chapter on Macon, Hainaut. From research by the late Rev. Leon Lybaert of Macon, Belgium.
Source: Hainaut-Louisiana: http://www.oocities.org/bourbonstreet/8230/villages/Macon/macon.html

External links

• More information on the official site of the municipality: www.momignies.be

• More information on this historical site of the municipality: http://www.oocities.org/bourbonstreet/8230/villages/Macon/macon.html