Emptinne is a village and a district in the municipality of
Hamois
Hamois (; wa, Hamwè) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
The village is around south-east of the city of Namur.
On 1 January 2020 the municipality had 7,375 inhabitants. The total area is 76.42 km2 ...
, located in the
province of Namur,
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 th ...
.
The area has been populated at least since
Gallo-Roman
Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context ...
times, as evidenced by archaeological discoveries. At the location of the hamlet Champion, a large
Roman villa
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.
Typology and distribution
Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas n ...
once stood. There are two
château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Now ...
x in the district: the larger south of the village Emptinne, and the smaller Château de Champion in the hamlet of the same name. The two settlements also contain several large farm buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Former municipalities of Namur (province)
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