Church of Presles
Presles (Walloon: Préle) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aiseau-Presles, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
- Postal area: 6250 (old zone 6072)
- District: Charleroi
The village has a Walloon language theatre company, Les Nerviens (meaning Nervian in English).
History
The assumption a long time was put forth that the battle of Julius Caesar against the Nervians would have occurred in Presles, which was cancelled in around 1940.
Presles belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège until the French occupation, after which it was added to the new department Jemappes.
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