Villeret is a hamlet of
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
in the district of
Saint-Martin and the municipality of
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 17,990 inhabitants. The total area is , giving a population density of 384 inhabitants per km².
The munici ...
, located in the
province of Namur
Namur (; ; ) 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 department of Ardennes. Its ...
),
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
.
Villeret is located at the confluence of the east flowing
Ligny
Ligny (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
Previously its own municipality, a 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities made it an '' ancienne commune'' of So ...
and another stream flowing down from the north (through
Bothey
Bothey (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gembloux, located in the province of Namur, Belgian.
Bothey was its own municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it merged with Gembloux. ...
). The Ligny then continues eastwards into the
Orneau.
Sights
*''Le '' (the dungeon of Villeret) is an ancient tower fortified in the thirteenth century.
[''Donjon de Villeret'' is located at ]
* ''La ferme de Basse-Villeret'' (the Lower Villeret Farm) dates from the sixteenth century. The current buildings are nineteenth century.
History
The hamlet of Villeret was on the extreme-left of the Prussian line during the
Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium. The result was a tactical victor ...
on 16 June 1815. It remained in Prussian possession throughout the battle.
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Populated places in Namur (province)
Battle of Ligny locations
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
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