Editing Philippeville

{{short description|City and municipality in Namur Province, Belgium}}
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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Philippeville
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Flipveye}}
|picture          = Philippeville JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend   = Philippeville's main square
|map              = Philippeville Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Philippeville in the province of Namur
|arms             = Blason ville be Philippeville.svg
|flag             = Flag_of_Philippeville.gif
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-NM}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Philippeville|Philippeville]]
|nis=93056
|pyramid-date
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|20–64
|65
|foreigners=
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|mayor            = André De Martin ([[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]], Agir Ensemble)
|majority         = Agir Ensemble-[[Reformist Movement|MR]]
|postal-codes     = 5600
|telephone-area   = 071
|web              = [http://www.philippeville.be/ www.philippeville.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|12|N|04|33|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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'''Philippeville''' ({{IPA|fr|filipvil|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Philippeville.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Flipveye}}) is a city and [[Municipalities in Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]], [[Belgium]].  The Philippeville [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] includes the former municipalities of [[Fagnolle]], [[Franchimont]], [[Jamagne (village)|Jamagne]], [[Jamiolle]], [[Merlemont]], [[Neuville, Belgium|Neuville]], [[Omezée]], [[Roly, Belgium|Roly]], [[Romedenne]], [[Samart]], [[Sart-en-Fagne]], [[Sautour]], [[Surice (Wallonia)|Surice]], [[Villers-en-Fagne]], [[Villers-le-Gambon]], and [[Vodecée]].

==History==

===The foundation of Philippeville===
At the beginning of the 16th century, the Philippeville region was on the boundary between [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]’s [[Burgundian Netherlands]] and [[Francis I of France|Francis I]]’s [[Kingdom of France|France]]. Fighting around Philippeville did not start, however, until 1554, after [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] had succeeded his father on the throne.  This area was ideal for an attack as it was covered with forests, sparsely populated and divided among the [[County of Hainaut]], that of [[Namur]], by now part of [[Burgundian Netherlands|Burgundy]], and the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]]. The medieval forts in the area were taken and pillaged one after the other. The fortress of Mariembourg, close to [[Couvin]], and the town of [[Givet]] soon fell to the French. In 1555, Charles V's new commander, [[William the Silent]], established a new fort in the village of Echerennes, a village known since the 9th century. He garrisoned his troops there as soon as the fort was completed, barely four months after the start of construction.

In 1556, Charles V named his new fortress ''Philippeville'' in honour of his son, [[Philip II of Spain]], who would succeed him in the Netherlands – and on the city – the following year.

===From 1557 to present===

In 1659, the [[Treaty of the Pyrenees]] stopped the [[Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)]] and most frontier cities became French, until [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]’s defeat at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]. Philippeville itself was [[Reduction of the French fortresses in 1815|one of the final French fortresses to surrender]] following Waterloo in 1815.  There was then a brief [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands|Dutch interlude]] until the [[Belgian Revolution]] in 1830.

A treaty drafted in London on 15 November 1831,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VW9bAAAAQAAJ&q=ath+fortress+demolished&pg=RA1-PR8 |title=State Papers|year=1832}} (Article I)</ref>  which the Netherlands refused to sign, was followed by the [[Treaty of London (1839)]], which created the [[Kingdom of Belgium]]. Part of the terms of the treaty required the Philippeville's fortifications, along with those of [[Menen|Menin]], [[Ath]], [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]] and [[Mariembourg]], to be dismantled. Philippeville's defensive walls were dismantled in 1856 under the reign of [[Leopold I of Belgium|King Leopold I]], in accordance with the terms of the treaty, having been declared superfluous on account of Belgium's [[Country neutrality (international relations)|enforced neutrality]], and have been replaced by the wide boulevards that circle the city today.

==Sights==
{{See also|List of protected heritage sites in Philippeville}}
* Ten kilometres of underground passages dating from the foundation of the city can still be explored under Philippeville.  Some sections are open to tourists.

==Born in Philippeville==

*[[Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny]], a noted composer and musicologist of the classical/romantic period, was born here on 20 January 1762.

==Twin cities==

*{{FRA}}: [[Saulieu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150809004120/http://www.philippeville.be/ Official website], in [[French language|French]]
*[http://users.skynet.be/philippeville.entite/histoire_de_philippeville_histoire_dune_region.htm Historical summary], in [[French language|French]]
*[http://latuwaire.site.voila.fr Bed and Breakfast], in [[French language|French]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Philippeville
|N  = [[Florennes]]
|E  = [[Doische]]
|S  = [[Viroinval]]
|SW = [[Couvin]]
|W  = [[Cerfontaine, Belgium|Cerfontaine]]
|NW = [[Walcourt]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}
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[[Category:Philippeville| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)]]