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| name                    = Tamines
| native_name             = {{native_name|wa|Tamene}}
| image_skyline           = Tamines E1aJPG.jpg
| image_caption           = Tamines
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| flag_size               = 120x100px
| image_shield            =
| shield_size             = 100x100px
| pushpin_map             = Belgium#Europe
| pushpin_label           = Tamines
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| coordinates = {{coord|50|25|55|N|04|36|43|E|display=inline}}
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Belgium}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = {{flag|Wallonia}}
|subdivision_type2      = [[Provinces of Belgium|Province]]
|subdivision_name2      = {{flagicon image|Blason_namur_prov.svg}} [[Namur Province|Namur]]
|subdivision_type3      =
|subdivision_name3      =
|subdivision_type4      = [[Municipalities of Belgium|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Sambreville.svg}} [[Sambreville]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in Belgium|Area codes]]
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'''Tamines''' ({{langx|wa|Tamene}}) is a village of [[Wallonia]] and a district of the municipality of [[Sambreville]], located in the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]], [[Belgium]].
During the [[Middle Ages]], there was a seat of an [[alderman]] in the village, which had strong connections to the priory in Oignies on the other side of the [[Sambre]]. From the 18th century, [[coal mining]] started in the village, and by 1899 most of the area of the village was used for coal mining. The mine closed in 1965. The village was connected to the [[Charleroi]]–[[Namur]] railway line already in 1843. During [[World War I]], 613 villagers were killed by German troops on 22 August 1914, during the [[Rape of Belgium]]. Almost 300 houses were also destroyed during the war.<ref name=grguide>{{cite book |editor-last= Menne|editor-first= Gilbert|date= 2014|title= Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles|location= Brussels|publisher= Racine|pages= 955–956|isbn=978-94-014-1418-0}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Former municipalities of Namur (province)]]
[[Category:Sub-municipalities of Sambreville]]
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