Chimay

For the brewery, see Chimay Brewery. For the imaginary lake in early modern cartography, see Lake Chimay.

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Chimay

Chimai (Walloon)

Municipality

Chimay: Grand Place

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Chimay

Chimay

Location in Belgium

Location of Chimay in Hainaut

Coordinates: 50°03′N 04°19′E﻿ / ﻿50.050°N 4.317°E﻿ / 50.050; 4.317
Country|  Belgium
Community| French Community
Region| Wallonia
Province| Hainaut
Arrondissement| Thuin
Government

• Mayor| Denis Danvoye (cdH)
(CLE)
• Governing party/ies| Construisons l´Avenir Ensemble (CLE)
Area

• Total| 198.6 km2 (76.7 sq mi)
Population

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total| 9,841
• Density| 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Postal codes|

6460, 6461, 6462, 6463, 6464

NIS code|

56016

Area codes| 060
Website| www.ville-de-chimay.be
Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

Chimay (French pronunciation: [ʃimɛ] ⓘ, Walloon: Chimai) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.[2] In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is the source of the 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

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The etymology of the name is ultimately, via Vulgar Latin, from the Proto-Celtic word koimos meaning "pretty, pleasant".

## Subdivisions

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The Walloon names of the place names are in brackets and italics.

* Baileux (Balieu)
* Bailièvre (Bailleve)
* Bourlers (Bourlé)
* Chimay (Chimai)
* Forges (Foidjes)
* L'Escaillère (L'Ecayire)
* Lompret (Lompré)
* Rièzes (Rieze)
* Robechies (Robchiye)
* Saint-Remy (Sint-Rmey)
* Salles (Sale)
* Vaulx (Vå)
* Villers-la-Tour (Vilé-al-Tour)
* Virelles (Virele)

## Demographics

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Year | Population | Change | Density

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1904 |  3,383[2] |

| 17.1/km2
2003 |  9,871 | +6,488 | 50.1/km2
2006 |  9,774 | −22 or −0.23% | 49.6/km2
2016 |  9,850 | +76 or +0.78% | 50.0/km2

## Attractions

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* Chimay Castle, the château of the princes of Chimay
* Lake Virelles
* The source of the Oise

Chimay has traditionally hosted an annual motor racing event, run on a street circuit formed from local public roads. From the 1920s to 1960s the event was run for contemporary Grand Prix and 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.

* Chimay Castle

* The central town square, Chimay

* Chimay Castle

Chimay Trappist beers and cheeses are produced in the town by the Chimay Brewery, run by the Trappist monks of Scourmont Abbey, and are internationally renowned.

## Notable people

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* 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

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* Ramsgate, United Kingdom
* Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France

## References

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1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chimay" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 164.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chimay.

* Official website
* Chimay at the Union of Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia
* chimay.be
* atheneeroyaldechimay.free.fr

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Places adjacent to Chimay

| Eppe-Sauvage (FR-59) | Sivry-Rance, Froidchapelle |

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Moustier-en-Fagne (FR-59)
Baives (FR-59)
Momignies |

Chimay

| Couvin (WNA)
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Signy-le-Petit (FR-08) | Neuville-lez-Beaulieu (FR-08) | Regniowez (FR-08)

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Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Ath|

* Ath
* Belœil
* Bernissart
* Brugelette
* Chièvres
* Ellezelles
* Enghien
* Flobecq
* Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
* Lessines
* Silly

Charleroi|

* Aiseau-Presles
* Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
* Charleroi
* Châtelet
* Courcelles
* Farciennes
* Fleurus
* Fontaine-l'Évêque
* Gerpinnes
* Les Bons Villers
* Montigny-le-Tilleul
* Pont-à-Celles

La Louvière|

* Binche
* Estinnes
* La Louvière
* Morlanwelz

Mons|

* Boussu
* Colfontaine
* Dour
* Frameries
* Hensies
* Honnelles
* Jurbise
* Lens
* Mons (Capital)
* Quaregnon
* Quévy
* Quiévrain
* Saint-Ghislain

Soignies|

* Braine-le-Comte
* Écaussinnes
* Le Rœulx
* Manage
* Soignies
* Seneffe

Thuin|

* Anderlues
* Beaumont
* Chimay
* Erquelinnes
* Froidchapelle
* Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
* Lobbes
* Merbes-le-Château
* Momignies
* Sivry-Rance
* Thuin

Tournai-Mouscron|

* Antoing
* Brunehaut
* Celles
* Comines-Warneton
* Estaimpuis
* Leuze-en-Hainaut
* Mont-de-l'Enclus
* Mouscron
* Pecq
* Péruwelz
* Rumes
* Tournai

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* VIAF

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