Hainaut (province)
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| Country |  Belgium |
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| Region |  Wallonia |
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| Capital | Mons | ||
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| • Governor | Claude Durieux | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2012)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,323,196 | ||
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
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Hainaut (French pronunciation: [ɛno]; Dutch: Henegouwen, IPA: [ˈɦeːnəˌɡɔuwə(n)] (
listen); German: Hennegau; Walloon: Hinnot; Picard: Hénau; English: Hainault) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.
To its south lies the French French: département Nord, while within Belgium it borders (clockwise from the North) on the Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and the Wallonian provinces of Walloon Brabant and Namur.
It has an area of 3,800 km² which is divided into seven administrative districts (French: arrondissements) containing 69 municipalities. Its capital is Mons.
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History[edit]
The province derives from the French Revolutionary Jemmape department, formed in 1795 from part of the medieval County of Hainaut, Tournai and the Tournaisis, a part of the county of Namur (Charleroi) and of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (Thuin). (A large part of the historical county is now within France and sometimes referred to as French Hainault.)
Districts[edit]
Ath District[edit]
Charleroi District[edit]
- Aiseau-Presles
- Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
- Charleroi
- Châtelet
- Courcelles
- Farciennes
- Fleurus
- Fontaine-l'Evêque
- Gerpinnes
- Les Bons Villers
- Manage
- Montigny-le-Tilleul
- Pont-à-Celles
- Seneffe
Mons District[edit]
- Boussu
- Colfontaine
- Dour
- Frameries
- Hensies
- Honnelles
- Jurbise
- Lens
- Mons
- Quaregnon
- Quévy
- Quiévrain
- Saint-Ghislain
Mouscron District[edit]
Soignies District[edit]
Thuin District[edit]
- Anderlues
- Beaumont
- Binche
- Chimay
- Erquelinnes
- Estinnes
- Froidchapelle
- Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
- Lobbes
- Merbes-le-Château
- Momignies
- Morlanwelz
- Sivry-Rance
- Thuin
Tournai District[edit]
Governors[edit]
- Jean-Baptiste Thorn (1836–1841)
- Charles Liedts (1841–1845)
- Édouard Mercier (1845–1847)
- Augustin Dumon-Dumortier (1847–1848)
- Adolphe de Vrière (1848–1849)
- Louis Troye (1849–1870)
- Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1870–1878)
- Auguste Wanderpepen (1878)
- Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1878–1884)
- Auguste Vergote (1884–1885)
- Joseph d'Ursel (1885–1889)
- Charles d'Ursel (1889–1893)
- Raoul du Sart de Bouland (1893–1908)
- Maurice Damoiseaux (1908–1937)
- Henri Van Mol (1937–1940)
- Émile Cornez (1944–1967)
- Emilien Vaes (1967–1983)
- Michel Tromont (1983–2004)
- Claude Durieux (2004 – present day)
Miscellaneous[edit]
The patron saint of the province Hainaut is Saint Waltrude.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2012 (XLS; 214 KB)
- ^ St. Waltrude at saints.sqpn.com. Retrieved 26.March 2013.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hainaut (Province of Belgium) |
- Official web site of the Hainaut province (available in French)
- Official gateway to the Hainaut (available in French and Dutch [1])
- The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hainaut (available in French and English)
- Euro Info Centre Hainaut (available in French)
- Walloon Settlers Monument
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