Church of Le Mesnil

Le Mesnil (in Walloon Li Mwenni ) is a village in Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse, located in the heart of the Viroin-Hermeton Natural Park . Bordering the French border, it is now administratively part of the municipality of Viroinval , in the province of Namur (Walloon region of Belgium). Before the merger of the municipalities in 1977, it was an independent municipality . Le Mesnil is located on the territory of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse National Park.Village located on the southern edge of the Ardennes forest massif with Oignies , on the left bank of the Meuse , south of the Givet boot. Le Mesnil is bordered to the north by Vierves and Treignes and to the east by Montigny-sur-Meuse and Fépin (France). To the south, Le Mesnil borders Fumay (France) and to the southwest by Oignies-en-Thiérache. It is crossed by the Deluve stream, on which a corn mill used to be operated.

Mesnil is an Old French, obsolete word meaning "farm" or "settlement". It has the same root as the French word "maison" ("house"). The suffix "-il" makes it a diminutive. Mesnil, and its derivatives Ménil, Maisnil, Maînil and Mainil, appear in dozens of place names in France, Belgium and other French-speaking areas.