Belœil (Belgium)

Belœil
Belœil
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Hainaut
District :	Ath
Coordinates :	50 ° 33 '  N , 3 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 3 ° 44'  E
Area :	61.55 km²
Residents:	14,068 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	229 inhabitants per km²
Height:	60  m
Post Code:	7970-7973
Prefix:	069
Mayor:	Alain Carion ( MR )
Local government address :	Rue J. Wauters, 1 7972 Quevaucamps
Website:	www.beloeil.be

Belœil is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut .

Belœil consists of the towns of Basècles, Ramegnies, Thumaide, Wadelincourt, Aubechies, Ellignies-Sainte-Anne, Quevaucamps, Grandglise and Stambruges. So there is no place called Belœil, the municipality is named after the Belœil Castle , the castle of the Princes of Ligne . Another name found on old maps is bailleul. The municipal administration is based in Quevaucamps.

Belœil Castle

Town twinning

Belœil's partner municipalities are:

Crosne , Essonne department, France Schotten , Hessen, Germany Maybole , Scotland Arco (Trentino) , Italy

Bogen , Bavaria, Germany Rýmařov , Czech Republic Roccella Jonica , Calabria, Italy Ozimek , Poland

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Baron Édouard Louis Joseph Empain (1852–1929), engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist
• Roger Lallemand (1932–2016), politician
• Frédéric Amorison (* 1978), racing cyclist
• Émilie Dequenne (* 1981), actress

People who worked on site

• Eugène de Ligne (1804–1880), politician, died in Belœil.

Web links

Commons : Belœil  - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

1. ↑ Website of the municipality - Beloeil et ses villes jumelées