CLERVAUX (

See also:

• CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

clara vallis)  , a town in the northern province of Oesling, grand-duchy of Luxemburg, on the Clerf, a tributary of the Sure . Pop . (19o5) 866 . In old days it was the fief of the de Lannoy family, and the present proprietor is the bearer of a name not less well known in Belgian history, the count de Berlaymont . The old castle of the de Lannoys exists, and might easily be restored, but its condition is now neglected and dilapidated . In 1798 the people of Clervaux specially distinguished themselves against the French in an attempt to resist the institution of the conscription . The survivors of what was called the Kloppel-krieg (the " cudgel war ") were shot, and a fine monument commemorates the heroism of the men of Clervaux .