CHIMAY, a town in the extreme south-east of the province of Hainaut, Belgium, dating from the seventh century. Pop. (1931), 3,368. Owing to its proximity to the French frontier it has under gone many sieges, the last of which was in 1640, when Turenne reduced it to ruins. The town is chiefly famous for the castle and park that bear its name. Originally a stronghold of the Croy family, it has passed through the D'Arenbergs to its present owners, the princes of Caraman-Chimay. The castle, which in 1640 possessed seven towers, has now only one, which is in ruins; a château was built in the Tudor style in the 18th century. This domain carried with it the right to one of the twelve peerages of Hainaut. The church contains a fine monument of Phillippe de Croy, chamberlain and comrade in arms of the emperor Charles V. John Froissart, the chronicler, died and was buried here, and has a statue in the square.