Jemeppe-sur-Sambre

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Jemeppe -sur -Sambre is a municipality in the province of Namur in the Walloon region of Belgium.

It consists of the districts Jemeppe, Balâtre, Ham -sur -Sambre, Mornimont, Onoz, Saint- Martin and Spy.

In a cave between Onoz and Spy 1886 two almost completely preserved Neanderthal skeletons were found which led as a separate, different from Homo sapiens human form for the recognition of the Neanderthals.

Sons and daughters of the community

  • Félix Sellier (1893-1965), a cyclist, born in Spy
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