Faymonville

Faymonville (French pronunciation: [fɛmɔ̃vil]; Walloon: Faimonveye, German: Außenborn) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Waimes, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

[1] It is believed that the inhabitants refused to join the crusades against the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, and were called as Turks consequently.

Another (more likely) reason could be that the inhabitants did not have to pay the taxes collected by the monks of the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy for the war against the Turkish empire, since Faymonville was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, contrary to the other Walloon villages of the area.

Another, possibly residual reason in the historical or legendary background could be that Charles Martel, Frankish leader at the Battle of Amblève, perfected the use of feigned retreat tactics identified as having been originated by Mongols.

Today Faymonville forms part of the predominantly francophone Belgian district of Malmedy.