Hainaut (province)

Infobox Belgian Province
EnglishName = Hainaut
LocalNameInLanguage1 = ( _fr. Hainaut)
LocalNameInLanguage2 =
LocalNameInLanguage3 =

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region = BE-WAL
capital = Mons
governor = Claude Durieux
area = 3,800
population_as_of = 2004
population = 1,283,200
populationdensity = 338


officialsite = http://www.hainaut.be/

Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: "Henegouwen", German: "Hennegau", Walloon: "Hinnot") is the westernmost 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 ( _fr. arrondissements) containing 69 municipalities.See the medieval history of the County of Hainaut.

Districts

Ath District

* Ath
* Belœil
* Bernissart
* Brugelette
* Chièvres
* Ellezelles
* Flobecq
* Frasnes-lez-Anvaing

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

Mons District

* Boussu
* Colfontaine
* Dour
* Frameries
* Hensies
* Honnelles
* Jurbise
* Lens
* Mons
* Quaregnon
* Quévy
* Quiévrain
* Saint-Ghislain

Mouscron District

* Comines-Warneton
* Mouscron

Soignies District

* Braine-le-Comte
* Ecaussinnes
* Enghien
* La Louvière
* Le Roeulx
* Lessines
* Silly
* Soignies

Thuin District

* Anderlues
* Beaumont
* Binche
* Chimay
* Erquelinnes
* Estinnes
* Froidchapelle
* Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
* Lobbes
* Merbes-le-Château
* Momignies
* Morlanwelz
* Sivry-Rance
* Thuin

Tournai District

* Antoing
* Brunehaut
* Celles
* Estaimpuis
* Leuze-en-Hainaut
* Mont-de-l'Enclus
* Pecq
* Péruwelz
* Rumes
* 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 – present day)

Trivia

* Hainaut's Spanish name, Henao, is one of the most common last names in Colombia's Paisa Region

External links

* [http://www.hainaut.be/ Official web site of the Hainaut province] (available in French)
* [http://hainaut.wallonie.be/ Official gateway to the Hainaut] (available in French and Dutch [http://hainaut.wallonie.be/spip/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=32] )
* [http://www.ccic.be/ The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hainaut] (available in French and English)
* [http://www.eichainaut.be/ Euro Info Centre Hainaut] (available in French)