Balâtre, Belgium
Balâtre (French pronunciation: [balatʁ]; Walloon: Balåsse) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, located in the province of Namur, 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.
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Balâtre Castle-farm (13th–15th centuries)
Notes
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- ^ 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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