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Saint-Pierre, also known as Saint-Pierre-en-Ardenne, is a section of the Belgian municipality of Libramont-Chevigny located in the Province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. The village is located 1.5 km south of Libramont.

It was a separate municipality before the local government merger of 1977.

In Saint-Pierre there is a church with a Romanesque tower and a surrounding churchyard. In the past, the village was the home of the "val du roi" estate, among others, as well as of a hermitage and a tannery.

It was the religious centre of the region. The concert room is now the Lamouline ping-pong club.

The source of the river Vierre, a tributary of the Semois, is nearby.

Railway and secession of Libramont
On 8 November 1858, the Grande Compagnie du Luxembourg inaugurated the Grupont–Arlon stretch (passing through Libramont) of its railway line between Brussels and Sterpenich, on the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The first test journey on this line had been made on 17 October 1858. Libramont, which was part of the municipality of Saint-Pierre, got its first railway station, probably made of wood.

The municipality of Saint-Pierre, distressed at the expense involved in the railway and the railway station in Libramont, submitted an official complaint to Luxembourg Provincial Council on 1 October 1896. This complaint led to the Law of 30 July 1899, which made Libramont an entirely separate commune by dividing the territory of Saint-Pierre.