Presles, Belgium


Presles is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aiseau-Presles, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The village has a Walloon language theatre company, Les Nerviens.

History

The assumption a long time was put forth that the battle of Julius Caesar against the Nervians would have occurred in Presles, which was cancelled in around 1940.
Presles belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège until the French occupation, after which it was added to the new department Jemappes.