Braine-le-Comte

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Braine-le-Comte
’s-Gravenbrakel (Dutch)
Municipality
The kiosk and Town Hall
The kiosk and Town Hall
Flag of Braine-le-Comte
Flag
Coat of arms of Braine-le-Comte
Coat of arms
Location of Braine-le-Comte
Map
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementSoignies
Government
 • MayorJean-Jacques Flahaux (BRAINE)
 • Governing party/iesBRAINE, PS
Area
 • Total84.87 km2 (32.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2023-01-01)[1]
 • Total23,133
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Postal codes
7090
NIS code
55004
Area codes067
Websitewww.braine-le-comte.be

Braine-le-Comte (Dutch: ’s-Gravenbrakel) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 20,305. The total area is 84.68 square kilometres (32.70 sq mi) which gives a population density of 240 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Hennuyères, Henripont, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine, Ronquières, and Steenkerque (Steenkerke).

The Ronquières inclined plane at the Canal du Centre is in the municipality of Braine-Le Comte.

St. Gaugericus' Church

History

On August 3, 1692, during the Nine Years War, the French army defeated a joint British-Dutch-German army in the Battle of Steenkerque in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte.

Postal history

The Braine-Le-Compte post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 22 with bars (before 1864) and 53 with points before 1874. The Hennuyeres post-office opened on 6 November 1865. It used a postal code 161 with points before 1874. The Ronquieres post-office opened on 10 January 1895.[2]

Postal codes in 1969:[3] - 7198 Ronquières - 7199 Henripont - 7490 Braine-le-Comte - 7491 Steenkerque - 7492 Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine - 7498 Hennuyères

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Statbel, Wikidata Q12480
  2. ^ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, NIPA, Antwerp, 1999.
  3. ^ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.

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