Neufchâteau, Belgium

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Neufchâteau ( Walloon Li Tchestea ) is a Belgian city in the Walloon Region.

Geography

Neufchâteau located in the south of the country in the Ardennes, and consists of the core city and the municipal districts Grandvoir, Grapfontaine, Hampiré, Longlier and Tournay. Brussels is located about 130 kilometers northwest of the city of Luxembourg and 55 km to the southeast.

The nearest motorway exits are Neufchâteau, Verlaine and Léglise on the A 4 / E 411 and E 25

The city has a regional railway station on the railway line Namur - Arlon.

The airports of Charleroi, Liège and Luxembourg are the nearest airports of partially supra-regional importance.

History

Neolithic megaliths around 2000 BC, a Celtic necropolis dating from the period between the 5th and the 2nd century BC, which were found in this region, certify early human habitation. Gallo -Roman tombs and a small Roman villa show agricultural colonization during the 2nd century AD The region was used primarily as a hunting ground in the Carolingian period and remained sparsely settled during the Middle Ages. A document from 1100 shows that one of the many small hamlets in the area, Semel, to the abbey of Amdain ( now Saint- Hubert ) was given away. In 1239 the same village was part of the lordship Neufchâteau and was given away at the same time to the abbey of Orval. Like many of its neighboring areas was the reign of Neufchâteau part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, within the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation.

At the beginning of the First World War took place on 22-23. August 1914, the battle had taken place at Neufchâteau.