Chimay
Chimay
Chimai (Walloon) | |
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Coordinates: 50°03′N 04°19′E / 50.050°N 4.317°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Hainaut |
Arrondissement | Thuin |
Government | |
• Mayor | Denis Danvoye (cdH) (CLE) |
• Governing party/ies | Construisons l´Avenir Ensemble (CLE) |
Area | |
• Total | 198.6 km2 (76.7 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 9,841 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 6460, 6461, 6462, 6463, 6464 |
NIS code | 56016 |
Area codes | 060 |
Website | www.ville-de-chimay.be |
Chimay (French pronunciation: [ʃimɛ] ⓘ, Walloon: Chimai) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.[2] In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is the source of the Oise River.
In the administrative district of Thuin, the municipality was created with a merger of 14 communes in 1977. The Trappist monastery of Scourmont Abbey in the town is famous for the Chimay Brewery.
Toponymy
The etymology of the name is ultimately, via Vulgar Latin, from the Proto-Celtic word koimos meaning "pretty, pleasant".
Subdivisions
The Walloon names of the place names are in brackets and italics.
- Baileux (Balieu)
- Bailièvre (Bailleve)
- Bourlers (Bourlé)
- Chimay (Chimai)
- Forges (Foidjes)
- L'Escaillère (L'Ecayire)
- Lompret (Lompré)
- Rièzes (Rieze)
- Robechies (Robchiye)
- Saint-Remy (Sint-Rmey)
- Salles (Sale)
- Vaulx (Vå)
- Villers-la-Tour (Vilé-al-Tour)
- Virelles (Virele)
Demographics
Year | Population | Change | Density |
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1904 | 3,383[2] | — |
17.1/km2 |
2003 | 9,871 | +6,488 | 50.1/km2 |
2006 | 9,774 | −22 or −0.23% | 49.6/km2 |
2016 | 9,850 | +76 or +0.78% | 50.0/km2 |
Attractions
- Chimay Castle, the château of the princes of Chimay
- Lake Virelles
- The source of the Oise
Chimay has traditionally hosted an annual motor racing event, run on a street circuit formed from local public roads. From the 1920s to 1960s the event was run for contemporary Grand Prix and sportscar categories, and included the famous Grand Prix des Frontières. In recent times, while the event has persisted it has been run for historic race series. The track briefly lost its licence in 2006 related to safety fears, but has since had it reinstated.
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The central town square, Chimay
Chimay Trappist beers and cheeses are produced in the town by the Chimay Brewery, run by the Trappist monks of Scourmont Abbey, and are internationally renowned.
Notable people
- Daniel van Buyten (b. 1978), football player
- Émile Coulonvaux (1892–1966), politician
- François Duval (b. 1980), rally car driver
- Jean Froissart (c.1337-c.1405), medieval historian
- Georges Hostelet (1875–1960), mathematician, philosopher, and sociologist
- François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet (1771–1843), Prince of Chimay, and his wife Thérésa Tallien (1773–1835), French social figure
Twin cities/towns
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 164.
External links
- Official website
- Chimay at the Union of Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia
- chimay.be
- atheneeroyaldechimay.free.fr
- Pages using the Phonos extension
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Walloon-language text
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Pages using infobox settlement with image map1 but not image map
- Pages with French IPA
- Pages including recorded pronunciations
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers
- Chimay
- Cities in Wallonia
- Municipalities of Hainaut (province)
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