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Binche

Coordinates: 50°24′N 04°10′E / 50.400°N 4.167°E / 50.400; 4.167
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Binche
Municipality
Binche, the old city and its surrounding wall
Binche, the old city and its surrounding wall
Flag of Binche
Flag
Coat of arms of Binche
Coat of arms
Location of Binche
Map
Binche is located in Belgium
Binche
Binche
Location in Belgium
Location of Binche in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°24′N 04°10′E / 50.400°N 4.167°E / 50.400; 4.167
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementThuin
Government
 • MayorLaurent Devin (PS)
 • Governing party/iesPS, MR
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total33,598
Postal codes
7130, 7131, 7133, 7134
NIS code
56011
Area codes064
Websitewww.binche.be

Binche (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʃ]; Walloon: Bince) is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.[2] On January 1, 2006, Binche had a total population of 32,409. The total area is 60.66 km² which gives a population density of 534 inhabitants per km². Since 1977, the municipality of Binche has gathered the town of Binche itself with seven old municipalities : Bray, Buvrinnes, Epinois, Leval-Trahegnies, Péronnes-lez-Binche, Ressaix and Waudrez.

The motto of the city is "Plus Oultre" (meaning "Further" in Old French), which was the motto of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who in 1545 gave the medieval Castle of Binche to his sister, Queen Mary of Hungary. She lavished attention on Binche, which she had rebuilt under the direction of an architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq, remembered today as the first master of Giambologna. The château, intended to rival Fontainebleau, was destroyed by the soldiers of Henry II of France in 1554.

In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

The gilles wearing their hat with ostrich feathers.

Notable people

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Notes

  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Also spelt Binch in some English sources.
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