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Balâtre, Belgium

Coordinates: 50°29′54.7″N 4°38′16.52″E / 50.498528°N 4.6379222°E / 50.498528; 4.6379222
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Balâtre
Balåsse
Village
The church on Place de Balâtre
The church on Place de Balâtre
Balâtre is located in Belgium
Balâtre
Balâtre
Coordinates: 50°29′54.7″N 4°38′16.52″E / 50.498528°N 4.6379222°E / 50.498528; 4.6379222
Country Belgium
ProvinceNamur
MunicipalitySombreffe
Elevation
139 m (456 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Balâtre (Template:Lang-wa) is a village in the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre (in the province of Namur), Wallonia Region, Belgium.

Balâtre was its own municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it merged with Jemeppe-sur-Sambre. Balâtre is on the northern bank of the river Ligny.

History

The village of Balâtre was a location defended by the Prussian army throughout the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815.[1]

  • Balâtre Castle-farm (13th–15th centuries)
    Balâtre Castle-farm (13th–15th centuries)

Notes

  1. ^ Siborne 1848, pp. 200–201, 204, 207–208, 210–211, 233–234.

References

  • Siborne, William (1848), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable
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