Chaumont-Gistoux ( French pronunciation: [ʃomɔ̃ ʒistu] ; Walloon : Tchåmont-Djistou ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant . On 1 January 2006 Chaumont-Gistoux had a total population of 10,926. The total area is 48.09 km which gives a population density of 227 inhabitants per km .
10-580: Chaumont can refer to: Places [ edit ] Belgium [ edit ] Chaumont-Gistoux , a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant France [ edit ] Chaumont-Porcien , in the Ardennes département Chaumont, Cher , in the Cher département Chaumont-le-Bois , in the Côte-d'Or département Arrondissement of Chaumont , in
20-786: A castle built in the 10th century Chaumont-sur-Tharonne , in the Loir-et-Cher département Chaumont-d'Anjou , in the Maine-et-Loire département Chaumont-devant-Damvillers , in the Meuse département Chaumont-sur-Aire , in the Meuse département Chaumont-en-Vexin , in the Oise département Chaumont, Orne , in the Orne département Chaumont-le-Bourg , in the Puy-de-Dôme département Chaumont, Yonne , in
30-695: Is a major industry of sand extraction , now mostly in decline. Due to this history there are now several haulage and construction firms based in the municipality. Chaumont-Gistoux is on the KW-line , a defensive line erected early in the Second World War , intended to prevent invasion from Nazi Germany . A small museum houses information about the line and many exhibits from the war. Princess Claire of Belgium grew up in Chaumont-Gistoux. The Coombs family still resides there to this day, and
40-490: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chaumont-Gistoux It was formed from the fusion, in 1977, of Dion-Valmont (itself a fusion in 1971 of Dion-le-Val and Dion-le-Mont), Bonlez , Corroy-le-Grand, Longueville and Chaumont-Gistoux. The administrative offices are now in the village of Gistoux. It is a semi-rural municipality with several working farms, large areas given over to fields and forests, although there
50-596: The province of Walloon Brabant , Belgium. The locality has been settled at least since the Bronze Age . The first written mention of the village dates from the Middle Ages . Bonlez Castle is located in Bonlez; the village church is also a historical building, dating in its current appearance largely from 1771, when it was rebuilt according to a design by Laurent-Benoît Dewez . Inside, it contains furnishings from
60-608: The Haute-Marne département Chaumont, Haute-Marne , in the Haute-Marne département (often simply referred to in English as "Chaumont, France") Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base , a former United States Air Force base Chaumont-la-Ville , in the Haute-Marne département Chaumont, Haute-Savoie , in the Haute-Savoie département Chaumont-sur-Loire , in the Loir-et-Cher département Château de Chaumont ,
70-484: The Princess, her husband Prince Laurent and their children are often seen in the municipality. Bonlez, Chaumont, Corroy-le-Grand, Dion-le-Mont, Dion-le-Val, Gistoux, Longueville and Vieusart or (Vieux-Sart). This Walloon Brabant location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bonlez Bonlez is a village of and a district of the municipality of Chaumont-Gistoux , located in
80-832: The Yonne département Italy [ edit ] Chaumont, the French name for Chiomonte , a comune in the Province of Turin United States [ edit ] Chaumont, Kentucky , a ghost town in Edmonson County Chaumont, New York , a village in Jefferson County Surname [ edit ] Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière (1697−1783), a French nobleman active at
90-619: The court of Lorraine Lambert Chaumont (c. 1630–1712), a Flemish composer Madeleine Chaumont (1896–1973), French mathematics teacher Seigneurs of Chaumont , a French noble title, in particular Charles II d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont , a French military commander in the Italian Wars Other uses [ edit ] 12281 Chaumont , an asteroid discovered in 1990 Treaty of Chaumont , signed in Chaumont, Haute-Marne in March 1814 USS Chaumont , former name of
100-572: The hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chaumont . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaumont&oldid=1185434491 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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