Hainaut (province)

Hainaut
Province of Belgium
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Coordinates:
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Capital	Mons
Government
• Governor	Claude Durieux
Area
• Total	3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)
• Total	1,323,196
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
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Hainaut (Archaic English: Hainault, Heynalt, Heynowes; French: Hainaut, French pronunciation: ​[ɛno]; Dutch: Henegouwen, IPA: [ˈɦeːnəˌɣʌuwə(n)]; German: Hennegau; Walloon: Hinnot; Picard: Hénau;) is a province of Belgium in the Walloon region.

To its south lies the French Nord department, while within Belgium it borders (clockwise from the North) on the Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and the Walloon provinces of Walloon Brabant and Namur.

Its capital is Mons (Dutch Bergen) and the most populous city is Charleroi, also the province's major urban, economic and cultural hub. The city is also the financial capital of Hainaut and one of the most important commercial centers in Belgium, being the fifth largest city in the country by population.

History

Historical map of the County of Hainaut, with in red the current French-Belgian border.

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 Hainaut.)

Subdivisions

Hainaut province is divided into 7 administrative districts (arrondissements), subdivided into a total of 69 municipalities. It has an area of 3,800 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).

Map no.	Municipality	Arrondissement
1	Aiseau-Presles	Charleroi
2	Anderlues	Thuin
3	Antoing	Tournai
4	Ath	Ath
5	Beaumont	Thuin
6	Belœil	Ath
7	Bernissart	Ath
8	Binche	Thuin
9	Boussu	Mons
10	Braine-le-Comte	Soignies
11	Brugelette	Ath
12	Brunehaut	Tournai
13	Celles	Tournai
14	Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont	Charleroi
15	Charleroi	Charleroi
16	Châtelet	Charleroi
17	Chièvres	Ath
18	Chimay	Thuin
19	Colfontaine	Mons
20	Comines-Warneton	Mouscron
21	Courcelles	Charleroi
22	Dour	Mons
23	Écaussinnes	Soignies
24	Ellezelles	Ath
25	Enghien	Soignies
26	Erquelinnes	Thuin
27	Estaimpuis	Tournai
28	Estinnes	Thuin
29	Farciennes	Charleroi
30	Fleurus	Charleroi
31	Flobecq	Ath
32	Fontaine-l'Evêque	Charleroi
33	Frameries	Mons
34	Frasnes-lez-Anvaing	Ath
35	Froidchapelle	Thuin
36	Gerpinnes	Charleroi
37	Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes	Thuin
38	Hensies	Mons
39	Honnelles	Mons
40	Jurbise	Mons
41	La Louvière	Soignies
42	Le Roeulx	Soignies
43	Lens	Mons
44	Les Bons Villers	Charleroi
45	Lessines	Soignies
46	Leuze-en-Hainaut	Tournai
47	Lobbes	Thuin
48	Manage	Charleroi
49	Merbes-le-Château	Thuin
50	Momignies	Thuin
51	Mons	Mons
52	Mont-de-l'Enclus	Tournai
53	Montigny-le-Tilleul	Charleroi
54	Morlanwelz	Thuin
55	Mouscron	Mouscron
56	Pecq	Tournai
57	Péruwelz	Tournai
58	Pont-à-Celles	Charleroi
59	Quaregnon	Mons
60	Quévy	Mons
61	Quiévrain	Mons
62	Rumes	Tournai
63	Saint-Ghislain	Mons
64	Seneffe	Charleroi
65	Silly	Soignies
66	Sivry-Rance	Thuin
67	Soignies	Soignies
68	Thuin	Thuin
69	Tournai	Tournai

Governors

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Miscellaneous

The patron saint of the province Hainaut is Saint Waltrude.

External links

• 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