Hamme-Mille Explained

Hamme-Mille
Flag Size:120x100px
Pushpin Map:Belgium#Europe
Pushpin Label:Hamme-Mille
Coordinates:50.78°N 4.7194°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Belgium
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Walloon Brabant
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Beauvechain
Population Density Km2:auto

Hamme-Mille is a district of the municipality of Beauvechain, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

The settlement existed at least from 1146. In 1235, Henry II, Duke of Brabant founded a Cistercian abbey for nuns, the Valduc Abbey, in Hamme. Today nothing remains of the abbey, which was dismantled and sold as rubble following the French Revolution. On its foundations a large country house was built in 1867 and designed by . In Mille there is also a well-preserved medieval chapel, dedicated to Saint Cornelius. It was built in 1460.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Menne. Gilbert. 2014. Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles. Brussels. Racine. 115. 978-94-014-1418-0.