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Tintigny Tintnî (Walloon)
Municipality
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Location of Tintigny
TintignyLocation in Belgium Location of Tintigny in Luxembourg province
Coordinates: 49°40′56″N 05°31′01″E / 49.68222°N 5.51694°E / 49.68222; 5.51694
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Luxembourg
Arrondissement	Virton
Government
• Mayor	Benoît Piedbœuf
• Governing party/ies	Commune en Vie (MR)
Area
• Total	81.88 km (31.61 sq mi)
Population
• Total	4,276
• Density	52/km (140/sq mi)
Postal codes	6730
NIS code	85039
Area codes	063
Website	(in French) www.tintigny.be

Tintigny (French pronunciation: [tɛ̃tiɲi]; Walloon: Tintnî) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

On 1 January 2015 the municipality had 4,200 inhabitants. Its total area is 81.79 km, giving it a population density of 45.7 inhabitants per km.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellefontaine, Rossignol, Saint-Vincent, and Tintigny. Other population centers include Ansart, Breuvanne, Han, Lahage, and Poncelle.

History

Three-quarters of the village of Tintigny was burned down on August 22, 1914: 183 houses in the village were destroyed. These facts are attributable in particular to the 38th IR and 51st IR of the German Imperial Army. Falsely accused of being snipers, 93 local residents were killed.

On the same day, at Rossignol, one of the great disasters of the Battle of the Borders took place during the fighting at Rossignol: the 3rd French colonial infantry division, an elite corps made up mostly of volunteers who had already seen fire, was surrounded and annihilated by the XI and XII Infantry Divisions of the German VI Silesian Corps. Ernest Psichari, killed in this battle, rests in the military cemetery of Rossignol3. Despite their victory, the Germans, exhausted by this battle slowing them down in their advance towards Paris, attacked the population. They deported 120 inhabitants of Rossignol and neighboring villages and shot them in Arlon on August 26, 1914, at the current Place des Fusillés, named after them in their memory.

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Tintigny

References

1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. "Chiffres de population au 1er janvier 2015" (PDF). Belgian Interior Ministry. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
3. Horne, John (2005). 1914, les atrocités allemandes. Alan Kramer. Paris: Tallandier. ISBN 2-84734-235-4. OCLC 181355815.
4. "Les Combats de la 3° division coloniale à Rossignol le 22 août 1914". www.rossignol.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-06-17.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Tintigny at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places adjacent to Tintigny
Léglise Chiny Florenville Tintigny Habay Étalle Meix-devant-Virton Virton

v t e Municipalities of the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia
Arlon	Arlon Attert Aubange Martelange Messancy
Bastogne	Bastogne Fauvillers Gouvy Houffalize Sainte-Ode Vaux-sur-Sûre Vielsalm
Marche-en-Famenne	Durbuy Érezée Hotton La Roche-en-Ardenne Manhay Marche-en-Famenne Nassogne Rendeux Tenneville
Neufchâteau	Bertrix Bouillon Daverdisse Herbeumont Léglise Libin Libramont-Chevigny Neufchâteau Paliseul Saint-Hubert Tellin Wellin
Virton	Chiny Étalle Florenville Habay Meix-devant-Virton Musson Rouvroy Saint-Léger Tintigny Virton
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