Hainaut (province)

Hainaut
Hainaut
	Province of Belgium
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 50°30′N3°55′E / 50.5°N 3.92°E Coordinates: 50°30′N3°55′E / 50.5°N 3.92°E
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Capital	Mons
Government
• Governor	Tommy Leclercq
Area
• Total	3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017) [1]
• Total	1,339,562
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Website	www.hainaut.be

Last updated April 05, 2019

Hainaut (French : Hainaut, French pronunciation: [ɛno] ; Dutch : Heinaut, IPA: [ˈɦeːnəɣʌuə(n)] ( listen ); Walloon : Hinnot; Picard : Hénau) is a province of Wallonia and Belgium.

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Nord is a department in the far north of France. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders.

The Flemish Region is one of the three regions of the Kingdom of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. Colloquially, it is usually simply referred to as Flanders. It occupies the northern part of Belgium and covers an area of 13,522 km². It is one of the most densely populated regions of Europe with around 480 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Its capital is Mons (Dutch Bergen) and the most populous city is Charleroi, the province's urban, economic and cultural hub, the financial capital of Hainaut and the fifth largest city in the country by population.

Mons is a Walloon city and municipality, and the capital of the Belgian province of Hainaut. The Mons municipality includes the former communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles, Saint-Denis, Saint-Symphorien, Spiennes and Villers-Saint-Ghislain. Together with the Czech city of Plzeň, Mons was the European Capital of Culture in 2015.

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By January 1, 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,462 square kilometres (564 sq mi) with a total population of 522,522 by January 1, 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, and Ghent. The inhabitants are called Carolorégiens or simply Carolos.

History

The province derives from the French Revolutionary Jemmape department, formed in 1795 from part of the medieval County of Hainaut, the small territory of Tournai and the Tournaisis, a part of the county of Namur (Charleroi), and also a small part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (Thuin). (A large part of the historical county of Hainaut is now within France and sometimes referred to as French Hainaut.)

Jemmape (department) former French department (1795-1814)

Jemmape[ʒɛ.map] was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes, near Mons. Jemappes was spelled Jemmape, Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province of Hainaut. Its capital was Mons.

The County of Hainaut, sometimes given the spelling Hainault, was a historical lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire with its capital eventually established at Mons, and named after the river Haine, both now in Belgium. Besides Mons, it included the city of Valenciennes, now in France. It consisted of what is now the Belgian province of Hainaut and the eastern part of the French département of Nord.

Namur was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries. Its territories largely correspond with the present-day Belgian arrondissement Namur plus the northwestern part of the arrondissement Dinant, both part of the modern province of Namur, and previously part of the French Republican department of Sambre-et-Meuse.

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).

Arrondissements of Belgium are subdivisions below the provinces of Belgium. There are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.

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

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 (2004–2013)
Tommy Leclercq (2013 – present day)

Jean-Baptiste Thorn was a Luxembourg-born jurist and politician that held office in both Luxembourg and Belgium during and immediately after the Belgian Revolution.

Charles Augustin Baron Liedts was a Belgian liberal politician.

Augustin Aimable Dumon-Dumortier was a Belgian industrialist, diplomat and liberal politician.

Miscellaneous

The patron saint of the province Hainaut is Saint Waltrude.^[2]

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References

↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)
↑ St. Waltrude at saints.sqpn.com. Retrieved 26.March 2013.

External links

Official web site of the Hainaut province (available in French)
Official gateway to the Hainaut (available in French and Dutch )
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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[r-pop-1] Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)

[2] St. Waltrude at saints.sqpn.com. Retrieved 26.March 2013.