Oignies-en-Thierache / Ognies-en-Terraisse / Oignies / Oignies-en-Thiérache / Wegniye / Wègnîye

INFORMATION

Font ID: 26018OIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Saint-Rémy d'Oignies-en-Thiérache / Eglîje Sint-Remy, Wègnîye
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Notes: present church a 1842-1843 re-building of an earlier church/chapel of 1532
Church Address: Rue de Rocroi, 5670 Viroinval, Belgium
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N990-N998 crossroads, in the municipality of Viroinval, in the Parc national de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse, near the border with France and the river Mause, about 50 km S of Namur and Charleroi
Historical Region: Principauté de Liège / Ardennes
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
The present church here, listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10080466] [accessed 6 December 2025], is described as an 1842 re-builting of a 1532 chapel: "C'est un édifice de style néo-classique à trois nefs, construit en 1842(date inscrite au-dessus du portail ouest). IL a remplacé une chapelle de 1532, autrefois à la collation de l'abbé des chanoines prémontrés de Leffe." The same source lists and illustrates a holy-water stoup of the mid-19th century [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10080515] accessed 6 December 2025] and a baptismal font of the 20th century in this church [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10080516] [accessed 7 December 2025].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 617401 5542639
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.024472, 4.639019
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 1′ 28.1″ N, 4° 38′ 20.47″ E