In 1270 the name in
Akeren was used. On a map from 1540 the village was called
Okeren. The municipality Deux-Acren was created in 1804 by merging the two villages Acren-Saint-Martin and Acren-Saint-Géréon. The
parishes merged in 1828 and the church of Saint Martin became the new church of the parish. The church of
Saint Gereon was demolished in the 19th century to make way for a
churchyard. Deux-Acren remained a municipality until the
fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it was added to the town of
Lessines. == References ==