Chimay

For the brewery, see Chimay Brewery. For the imaginary lake in early modern cartography, see Lake Chimay.

Chimay Chimai (Walloon)
Municipality
Chimay: Grand Place
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Chimay in Hainaut
Interactive map of Chimay
Chimay Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°03′N 04°19′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Thuin
Government
• Mayor	Denis Danvoye (cdH) (CLE)
• Governing party	Construisons l'Avenir Ensemble (CLE)
Area
• Total	198.6 km2 (76.7 sq mi)
Population  (2026-01-01)
• Total	9,606
• Density	48.37/km2 (125.3/sq mi)
Postal codes	6460, 6461, 6462, 6463, 6464
NIS code	56016
Area codes	060
Website	www.ville-de-chimay.be

Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

Chimay (French pronunciation: [ʃimɛ] ^ⓘ, Walloon: Chimai) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km² which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km². It is the source of the Oise River.

In the administrative district of Thuin, the municipality was created with a merger of 14 communes in 1977. The Trappist monastery of Scourmont Abbey in the town is famous for the Chimay Brewery.