Presles, Belgium
Encyclopedia
Presles is an old small village of Wallonia (in Belgium
) attached to the municipality of Aiseau-Presles
.
The village has a Walloon language
theatre company, Les Nerviens (meaning Nervian in English
).
against the Nervian
s would have occurred in Presles, which was cancelled in around 1940.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
) attached to the municipality of Aiseau-Presles
Aiseau-Presles
Aiseau-Presles is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Aiseau-Presles had a total population of 10,754. The total area is 22.19 km² which gives a population density of 485 inhabitants per km². It is located in the neighbourhood of Charleroi...
.
- Postal area: 6250 (old zone 6072)
- District: CharleroiCharleroiCharleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
The village has a Walloon language
Walloon language
Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...
theatre company, Les Nerviens (meaning Nervian in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
).
History
The assumption a long time was put forth that the battle of Julius CaesarJulius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
against the Nervian
Nervii
The Nervii were an ancient Germanic tribe, and one of the most powerful Belgic tribes; living in the northeastern hinterlands of Gaul, they were known to trek long distances to engage in various wars and functions...
s would have occurred in Presles, which was cancelled in around 1940.