Hainaut (province)
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| Hainaut (French: Hainaut) |
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| — Province of Belgium — | |||
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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 (1,467.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2010)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,309,880 | ||
| • Density | 344.7/km2 (892.8/sq mi) | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
Hainaut (French pronunciation: [ɛno]; Dutch: Henegouwen, IPA: [ˈɦeːnəˌɡɔuwə(n)] (
listen); German: Hennegau; Walloon: Hinnot; Picard: Hénau) province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) in Belgium on the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant (Flanders) and those of Walloon Brabant and Namur (Wallonia), and on France. Its capital is Mons. It has an area of 3,800 km² which is divided into seven administrative districts (French: arrondissements) containing 69 municipalities. The province derives from the medieval County of Hainaut, parts of which are now in the neighbouring Nord department of France.
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[edit] Districts
[edit] Ath District
[edit] Charleroi District
- 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
[edit] Mons District
- Boussu
- Colfontaine
- Dour
- Frameries
- Hensies
- Honnelles
- Jurbise
- Lens
- Mons
- Quaregnon
- Quévy
- Quiévrain
- Saint-Ghislain
[edit] Mouscron District
[edit] Soignies District
[edit] Thuin District
- Anderlues
- Beaumont
- Binche
- Chimay
- Erquelinnes
- Estinnes
- Froidchapelle
- Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
- Lobbes
- Merbes-le-Château
- Momignies
- Morlanwelz
- Sivry-Rance
- Thuin
[edit] Tournai District
[edit] Governors
- 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)
[edit] External links
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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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