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Florenville (in Gaume "Floravile) is a francophone town from Belgium located in the Walloon region in the province of Luxemburg.It overlooks a meander of the Semois and is oriented tourism.  History The history of Florenville is the one of a rural entity, quiet,descreet, stick to a moving and disputing boundry, occupied, crossed or exchanged by the foreign belligerants. It is closely linked to the faith of the county of Chiny. Antiquity Before the Roman conquest, the territory of Florenville was situated in Gaul and occupied by the Treveri. In 45 BC, the Emperor Claude had a Roman road built, and crossing the region, to connect Reims to Cologne. Excavations leading in the hamlet of Chameleux revealed the site of a coaching inn composed of many buildings built on either side of the Roman road and many objects from the daily life (coins, tools, a key, many shards, sculpted stones, etc.)