This situation lasted for several centuries and finally in 1648, Guillaume de Cottereau, baron of Jauche, bought back the duke's share. So there was the "Folx du duc" and the "Folx de Jauche". The Lord of Jauche, as attorney for the chapter, and the Duke of Brabant shared the exercise of justice here. A family of knights bearing the name of the village, the de Foul, then resided in Folx, and the Saint-Denis chapter of Liège owned here the most important domain of the locality. Its existence is attested for the first time in a document dating back to the 13th century. The village, which formerly belonged to the town hall of Geest-Gérompont, has an ancient past since a Frankish cemetery has been discovered here at the place called Tombois. Folx would have, according to Tarlier and Wauters, been used for the first time in 1709.įolx or its variant Fooz would derive from Latin fossa (quarries) or fauces (gorge, chasm or narrow passage), which would be explained by the presence in the locality of vast quarries. This is how we find "Foul en Brabant", "Fooz de Jauche" or "Folz-les-Caves". To avoid confusion with other localities, a supplement has sometimes been added.
The spelling of the name of the village has often varied over the centuries.
Toponymy Ancient forms įrom Foul in the 13th century to Folx-les-Caves today, the village has been known as Fool, Folz, Foulx, or Fooz. It was a municipality in its own right before the 1970 merger of the municipalities.įorming the southwestern district of Orp-Jauche, the village of Folx-les-Caves clings to the slopes of the small plateau which dominates a part of the eastern shore of the Petite Gette. Coordinates: 50☃9′N 4★6′E / 50.650°N 4.933☎ / 50.650 4.933 Coordinates: 50☃9′N 4★6′E / 50.650°N 4.933☎ / 50.650 4.933įolx-les-Caves ( French pronunciation: ) in Walloon Få-les-Cåves or Fô-les-Cåves) is a village in the Belgian municipality of Orp-Jauche located in Wallonia in the province of Walloon Brabant.
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