Mont-Saint-Jean, Belgium

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Coordinates: 50°41′27″N 4°24′22″E / 50.69083, 4.40611

Mont-Saint-Jean is a village located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium south of Waterloo the Brussels road (N5) forks for Charleroi and Nivelles.

Mont-Saint-Jean is on the reverse slope of the escarpment where the Battle of Waterloo was fought, and is one of the French names for the battle (Mont Saint-Jean). At the time of the battle there was a farm called Mont-Saint-Jean Farm, on the Charleroi–Brussels road about halfway between the edge of the escarpment and the village.

In the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Chapter X is called "The Plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean" and it describes the massive French cavalry attacks on the British infantry squares situated on the reverse slope of the escarpment at the height of the battle.