Editing Chimay

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainaut Province, Belgium}}
{{for-multi|the brewery|Chimay Brewery|the imaginary lake in early modern cartography|Lake Chimay}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Chimay
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Chimai}}
|picture          = Chimay.jpg
|picture-legend   = Chimay: Grand Place
|map              = Chimay Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Chimay in Hainaut
|arms             = Blason ville be Chimay (Thuin).svg
|flag             = Flag of Chimay.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Thuin|Thuin]]
|nis              = 56016
|pyramid-date=01/01/2006
|0-19=26.45
|20-64=56.95
|65=16.61
|foreigners=4.00
|foreigners-date=01/07/2005
|mayor            = Denis Danvoye ([[Humanist Democratic Centre|cdH]])<br />(CLE)
|majority         = Construisons l'Avenir Ensemble (CLE) 
|postal-codes     = 6460, 6461, 6462, 6463, 6464
|telephone-area   = 060
|web              = [http://www.ville-de-chimay.be/ www.ville-de-chimay.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|03|N|04|19|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:Belgique - Louvain-la-Neuve - Gare - Quai - Belgian beers - 02.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).]]
'''Chimay''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃimɛ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Chimay.wav}}, {{langx|wa|Chimai}}) is a city and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]].<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Chimay |volume=6 |page=164}}</ref> In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 50 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. It is the source of the [[Oise (river)|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, Belgium|Forges]] (''Foidjes'')
*L'Escaillère (''L'Ecayire'')
*[[Lompret, Belgium|Lompret]] (''Lompré'')
*[[Rièzes]] (''Rieze'')
*[[Robechies]] (''Robchiye'')
*[[Saint-Remy, Hainaut|Saint-Remy]] (''Sint-Rmey'')
*[[Salles, Belgium|Salles]] (''Sale'')
*[[Vaulx, Chimay|Vaulx]] (''Vå'')
*[[Villers-la-Tour]] (''Vilé-al-Tour'')
*[[Virelles]] (''Virele'')

==Demographics==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Population !! Change !! Density
|-
| 1904 || {{spaces|3}}3,383<ref name=EB1911/> || {{center|—}} || 17.1/km<sup>2</sup>
|-
| 2003 || {{spaces|3}}9,871 || +6,488 || 50.1/km<sup>2</sup> <!--
|-
| 2004 || 9,742 || −129 or −13.07% || 49.43/km<sup>2</sup>
|-
| 2005 || - || - || - -->
|-
| 2006 || {{spaces|3}}9,774 || −22 or −0.23% || 49.6/km<sup>2</sup>
|-
| 2016 || {{spaces|3}}9,850 || +76 or +0.78% || 50.0/km<sup>2</sup>
|}

==Attractions==
*[[Chimay Castle]], the [[château]] of the princes of Chimay
*[[Lake Virelles]]
*The source of the [[Oise River|Oise]]
Chimay has traditionally hosted an annual [[motor racing]] event, run on a [[Chimay Street Circuit|street circuit]] formed from local public roads. From the 1920s to 1960s the event was run for contemporary [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] and [[sports car racing|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.

<gallery>
Image:Château Chimay 2.JPG|[[Chimay Castle]]
Image:Chimay Belgium town square.jpg|The central town square, Chimay
Image:Chimay CH1aJPG.jpg|[[Chimay Castle]]
</gallery>

[[Bières de Chimay|Chimay Trappist beers]] and [[cheese]]s 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==
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Ramsgate]], [[United Kingdom]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Conflans-Sainte-Honorine]], [[France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.ville-de-chimay.be Official website]
* [http://www.uvcw.be/communes/ Chimay] at the Union of Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia
* [http://www.chimay.be chimay.be]
* [http://atheneeroyaldechimay.free.fr/ atheneeroyaldechimay.free.fr]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Chimay
|N  = [[Sivry-Rance]], [[Froidchapelle]]
|E  = [[Couvin]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|SE = [[Regniowez]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])
|S  = [[Neuville-lez-Beaulieu]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])
|SW = [[Signy-le-Petit]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])
|W  = [[Moustier-en-Fagne]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])<br/>[[Baives]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])<br/>[[Momignies]]
|NW = [[Eppe-Sauvage]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Chimay| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]