Lacuisine (

Gaumais Lorrain is a language (often referred to as patois) spoken by now a minority of people in Lorraine in France, small parts of Alsace and in Gaume in Belgium. It is a langue d'oïl. It is classified as a regional language of France and has the ...

: ''La Keûjine'') 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—alo ...

and a district of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Florenville Florenville (; Gaumais: ''Floravile'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2016 the municipality had 5,639 inhabitants. The total area is 146.91 km², giving a population den ...

, located in the

province of Luxembourg Luxembourg (french: Luxembourg ; nl, Luxemburg ; german: Luxemburg ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; wa, Lussimbork), also called Belgian Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the country of Luxembourg to the ea ...

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. Prior to the merger of municipalities in 1977, Lacuisine was an independent municipality. It includes the hamlet of Martué.

Geography

The village is located north of Florenville, on the banks of the

Semois The Semois (; ''Simwès'' in Walloon, often under elided form ''Smwès''; ''Semoy'', ''Sesbach'' in German, ''Setzbaach'' in Luxemburgish of Arlon; and known as the ''Semoy'' in France) is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium an ...

river (a tributary of the

Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...

Points of interest

* Church of Saint Nicholas * Village watermill * Roussel forge, which was made famous by Edmond Picard’s eponymous novel * ''Les Épioux'' (nature reserve, ponds, site of a forge in the 17th century) * ''Roche Pinco'', ''Roche de l'Écureuil'' and ''Roche du Chat'', with a view over the Semois

Culture

Each year, inhabitants of Lacuisine and Martué celebrate the end of winter. For a long time, ''Tordus'' and ''Marticots'' gathered together in front of a huge bonfire. Since 2012, after Candlemas, they hunt the spirits of "cold weather" thanks to a light celebration with which a ''Légende de l'Ours'' (bear legend) is associated. Creative activities, dance, tales and concerts give the meeting its tempo. All around the ''Tafia de l'Ours'' refreshment area, the light celebration is brightened up with candles put under the windows as well as a release of sky lanterns in the air.

References

"Light celebration in Lacuisine"
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