Waulsort ( wa, Åssôrt) 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
Hastière
Hastière (; wa, Astire) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 5,230 inhabitants. The total area is , giving a population density of 93 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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, 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 ...
.
Until the reorganisation of the
Municipalities of Belgium
Belgium comprises 581 municipalities ( nl, gemeenten; french: communes; german: Gemeinden), 300 of them grouped into five provinces in Flanders and 262 others in five provinces in Wallonia, while the remaining 19 are in the Brussels Capital Reg ...
1977, Waulsort was a municipality in its own right.
History
The
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
Waulsort Abbey
Waulsort Abbey (french: Abbaye de Waulsort) was a Benedictine monastery located at Waulsort, Wallonia, now in Hastière in the province of Namur, Belgium.
The monastery was founded in 946 by Irish monks. Saint Maccallin and Saint Cathróe wer ...
was founded here in 946. It was dissolved in 1793, during the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
. It was chiefly known as the owner, from the 10th century until its dissolution, of the
Lothar Crystal
The Lothair Crystal (also known as the Lothar Crystal or the Susanna Crystal) is an engraved gem from Lotharingia in northwest Europe, showing scenes of the Bible, biblical story of Susanna (Book of Daniel), Susanna, dating from 855–869. The Lo ...
.
Geography
Waulsort is on the river
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 ...
and is the location of a weir with a by-pass lock.
See also
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Waulsortian mudmound
A Waulsortian mudmound is a geographical feature formed in warm tropical waters in the Viséan geological age, now transposed to the temperate regions in Europe. It is a type of bioconstruction, rich in fossils.
The rock comprises light grey, unbed ...
References
Former municipalities of Namur (province)
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