Heppignies (Walloon : Epniye) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. [1]
It is also the name of an industrial estate in the northern district of the Walloon city of Fleurus, which is to the south of the old village centre and next to the junction of the R3 A15 main roads. [2] [3]
Wallonia, officially the Walloon Region, is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking. It accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its population. The Walloon Region and the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, are independent concepts, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region but not the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
The Battle of Fleurus, fought on 1 July 1690 near Fleurus, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, now in modern Belgium, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War. A French army led by Luxembourg defeated an Allied force under Waldeck.
Fleurus is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It has been the site of four major battles.
Wavre is a city and municipality of Wallonia, capital of the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
The Parliament of Wallonia is the legislative body of Wallonia, one of the three self-governing regions of Belgium. The parliament building, the former Hospice Saint-Gilles, is situated in Namur, the capital of Wallonia, at the symbolic confluence of the Meuse and the Sambre, the two main rivers of the most inhabited parts of Wallonia, the Sillon industriel. On the other side of the Meuse, facing the Parliament, is the Élysette, the seat of the Government of Wallonia.
The Federal Parliament is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate. It sits in the Palace of the Nation. The Chamber of Representatives is the primary legislative body; the Senate functions only as a meeting place of the federal communities and regions.
The Battle of Fleurus of August 29, 1622 was fought in the Spanish Netherlands between a Spanish army and the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War. The bloody struggle left the Protestants mangled and the Spanish masters of the field. The Spanish victory would ensure Catholic dominance in Germany till the intervention of Denmark–Norway.
Gentinnes is a village of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Chastre, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin is a Belgian village and district of the municipality of Walhain, Wallonia in the province of Walloon Brabant.
Royal Association Athlétique Louviéroise La Louvière is a Belgian professional football club based in La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. The club, founded in 2009 out of a merger, competes in Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.
Thernand Bakouboula is a footballer who currently plays for FC Echirolles. Born in France, he represents Congo at international level.
Postal codes in Belgium are numeric and consist of 4 numbers. The first digit indicates the province. The more zeros there are, the higher the number of inhabitants of that city in the province. For example: Bruges (Brugge) is the capital and largest urban centre of the coastal province of West Flanders so it gets the 8000 code, the second city is Kortrijk and gets 8500. When writing the address, the postal code is put in front of the town name.
Saint-Amand is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus, located in the Arrondissement of Charleroi, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Wangenies is a village of Wallonia, and a district of the municipality of Fleurus, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 25 May 2014. All 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected, whereas the Senate was no longer directly elected following the 2011–2012 state reform. These were the first elections held under King Philippe's reign.
The Battle of Lambusart saw a Republican French army led by Jean Baptiste Jourdan try to cross the Sambre River against a combined Dutch and Habsburg Austrian army under William V, Hereditary Prince of Orange. This battle was the culmination of the fourth of five attempts to consolidate a foothold on the north side of the Sambre. The clash occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of a wider struggle known as the Wars of the French Revolution. In 1794, Lambusart was an independent village, but it is now part of the Fleurus municipality. Lambusart is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Charleroi.
Lambusart is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Villers-Perwin is a village in Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Les Bons Villers, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Villers-Perwin was a municipality in its own right until the fusion of the municipalities in Belgium in 1977.
Wagnelée is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus, located in the Arrondissement of Charleroi, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Brye is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus, located in the province of Hainaut, arrondissement of Charleroi, Belgium. Its post code is 6222, and telephone zone code is 071.
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