Walcourt (; wa, Walcoû) is a city and

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 17,516 inhabitants. The total area is 123.18 km², giving a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of 142 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts:

Berzée Berzée ( wa, Berzeye) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Walcourt, located in the province of Namur, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in N ...

, Castillon,

Chastrès Chastrès ( wa, Tchestrè) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Walcourt, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Chastrès is located by the ancient Roman road connecting Bavay and Trier. In 868, the village is ment ...

, Clermont, Fontenelle, Fraire, Gourdinne, Laneffe, Pry, Rognée, Somzée,

Tarcienne Castle of Tarcienne is a castle on a slight hilltop in the western portion of the Walloon village of Tarcienne, in the municipality of Walcourt, Namur Province, Belgium. It was initially constructed in 1674 for Charles-Ignace de Colins. Its styl ...

Thy-le-Château Thy-le-Château ( wa, Tî-l'-Tchestea) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Walcourt, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The village is mentioned for the first time in the archives of Lobbes Abbey in the 9th cen ...

, Vogenée, Walcourt,

Yves-Gomezée Yves-Gomezée ( wa, Ive) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Walcourt, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The area has been settled for a long time. The Gauls discovered iron ore and developed iron processing c ...

History

The

Basilica of Saint Maternus The Basilica of Saint Maternus (french: Basilique Saint-Materne), also known as the basilica of Our Lady (''basilique Notre-Dame'') is a minor basilica in Walcourt, in the Namur Province of Belgium. According to legend, an oratory was founded her ...

is a

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

minor basilica, founded in 1026. It contains one of the oldest Madonnas in Western Christianity. In 1689, the

Battle of Walcourt The Battle of Walcourt was fought on 25 August 1689 during the Nine Years' War. The action took place near the ancient walled town of Walcourt near Charleroi in the Spanish Netherlands, and brought to a close a summer of uneventful marching, m ...

was fought here between French troops and the Grand Alliance during the

Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...

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(in French) Cities in Wallonia Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub

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