Editing Mouscron (section)

===Middle Ages===
[[File:Mouscron - Saint-Barthélemy - Oste de la Barre.jpg|thumb|left|Funerary Monument to Oste de la Barre, Lord of Mouscron (c. 1380–1446) and his second wife, Cécile de Mourkercke (c. 1400–1462) in St. Bartholomew's Church]]
A few archaeological discoveries were made in this area proving the existence of settlements during [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times.  The name Dottignies &ndash; a village that is now part of Mouscron &ndash; appeared for the first time in the 9th century, while that of Mouscron only appeared in 1060.  In 1066, [[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders]] ceded the local buildings and territories to the estate of the Church of Saint-Pierre in [[Lille]].  In 1149, the right to collect tithes in the Mouscron area was ceded in part to the Abbey of Saint Martin in [[Tournai]], in part to the Chapter of the [[Tournai Cathedral]].  The rights to the neighbouring villages of Herseaux and Luingne &ndash; now also part of Mouscron &ndash; were also given to the Tournai Cathedral in 1178.  In the 14th century, the Seigneury of Mouscron was eventually sold to a lord of Tournai, and in 1430, the Castle of the Counts (''Château des Comtes'') became the lord's manor, which can still be seen today.  The future [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] stopped there for dinner on May 27, 1516.