Maizeret ( wa, Måjhret) 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 of

Andenne Andenne (; wa, Andene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Andenne had a total population of 25,240. The total area is 86.17 km² which gives a population density of 292 i ...

, located in the

province of Namur Namur (; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French depart ...

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 ...

It was a

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 ...

before the

fusion of the Belgian municipalities The fusion of the Belgian municipalities (French: ''fusion des communes'', Dutch: ''fusie van Belgische gemeenten'') was a Belgian political process that rationalized and reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium between 1975 and 1983. In 19 ...

in 1977. * Places : Bialy, Biche, Core, Gawday, Haie Marie, Moisnil, Sur le Try, Tasseneur, Trieuchamps, Vil-en-Val

Monuments

* The Saint-Martin church from 1926. * The Écritures de Maizeret

Château

* The

Château du Moisnil The Château du Moisnil is a château or manor house of Wallonia, located in the village of Maizeret, municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Belgium. The Château today The only remaining wing was built in addition to the previous const ...

, renovated in 1902 by Octave Flanneau (1860–1937) for Jules van Dievoet, lawyer at the Belgian Supreme Court and currently owned by the

Ursel family The House of Ursel is the name of an important old Belgian noble family of German origin. The Head of the House is styled the Duke of Ursel, while other members are styled as Count/Countess d'Ursel. History The Ursel family roots are ...

References

External links

Official website of the village of Maizeret

Andenne Online : Diverses infos à propos de la commune d'Andenne

Website of the commune of Andenne

Le château du Moisnil à Maizeret, par l'architecte Octave Flanneau

Cartes Postales Anciennes d'Andenne – Landenne

Galerie du photographe Olivier Maizeret
Former municipalities of Namur (province) Sub-municipalities of Andenne {{Belgium-stub

Monuments

Château

See also

References

External links