Balâtre
Balåsse (Walloon)
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
Region Wallonia
Province Namur
Municipality Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
Elevation
139 m (456 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Balâtre (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.[1]

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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