Village de Foisches

Foisches is also a small rural town. Here there are 6 farms still in operation... it's a record for the Pointe! A marble quarry also once existed in Foisches. A pink marble stele has also been placed in the cemetery, reminding us that Foisches was once a mining country. A little history: Foisches is a place name of Gallic origin. Foisches would come from Colonia Faustina (Colony of Faustin). If we go back to the 16th century, you should know that the village of Foisches at that time suffered from its proximity to Givet and the fort of Charlemont. The village was sacked between 1554 and 1558 following the fighting between the French royal troops and the armies of Charles V. At the end of the fighting, Captain de Hierges had a fortified house built in the commune, located near the Saint-Martin church. In 1640, the attack on Charlemont (held by the Spanish) by the troops of Maréchal de la Meilleraye again caused destruction. The fortified house was restored in the years that followed and the adjoining chapel restored in 1671. It was transformed into a farm after the Revolution and called Ferme des Templiers. No reference whatsoever to the Order of the Templars, but simply a family name. The village will be ceded, by treaty of March 24, 1772, to the Kingdom of France.