Dour

Etymology

The peak of the archeologist put at the day, on the territory dourois many vestiges: ustensils of the age of iron, silver moneys of Auguste and Faustine, tombs Roman and frank. The name is of interpretation quite simple. Durnum, Duhr and Dour, which were useful, of 965 with 1162, to titrate the commune, want to say hill. Into Celtic and low-Latin, durnum means hill. And it is quite selected, since Dour sets up on one of the highest nipples of the area boraine.

History

Some of the hamlets are quoted as of the first centuries of the Middle Ages, such Offingies (965) spelled Offignies, Offegnies, Offineoe (1018 - 1110): it is the residence, the manse of Offen or Offus; Moranfayt, the wood of Morand (Morandifagetum 1240); Trichères or Trissières (1310) whose direction is: communal grounds with trieux; Plantis (1290) planted place of trees, Up there (1326) large rural hamlet become Small Dour (XIXe).

Before 1070, Gossuoin of Mons, and Isaac of Valencians gave to the abbey of Saint-Ghislain what they had of which the village of Dour.

In 1155, Guillaume, lord of Dour, being with the approach of its end, in England, gave, by will, half of the seigniory of Dour to the abbey of Saint-Ghislain, which was notified to him by a message of Etienne, king d' Angleterre. Since then, half of the seigniory always belonged to this abbey. As for the other part, it was the property of several families, inter alia that of Dour, Trazegnies, Leprince, Pottier, Poisson and Royer.

Since the 16th century, Dour counts a certain number of Protestant families. These families addressed to the government, in 1788, a request having the aim of being able to set up a temple.

Cinema

Funeral of Mr. Delporte, in Dour (1914) of Isidore Moray
Jean-Louis Colmant, realizer, was born in Dour on August 18th, 1926.

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