The abbé Jacques Forget (Chiny, 6 January 1852 – Louvain, 1933) was a Belgian priest, biblical scholar and professor of Arabic at the Catholic University of Louvain.
They were motivated to move to America from cities along the Meuse River bordering France, such as Florenville and Chiny, after Belgium was placed under Protestant rule in the 1830s.
In 1221 the first castle of Montmédy was built on top of a hill by the Count of Chiny.
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The cambio locations in Belgium in 27 cities, for example: Arlon, Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Chiny, Ghent, Hasselt, Kortrijk, Leuven, Lier, Liège, Mechelen, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Ottignies, Turnhout and Zwijndrecht.
His only known work, signed and dated, le Tournoi de Chauvency, is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny in October 1285 at Chauvency-le-Château.