Brunehaut
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Wallonia | |
Province : | Hainaut | |
District : | Tournai-Mouscron | |
Coordinates : | 50 ° 31 ' N , 3 ° 25' E | |
Area : | 46.11 km² | |
Residents: | 8080 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density: | 175 inhabitants per km² | |
Post Code: | 7620-7624 | |
Prefix: | 069 | |
Mayor: | Pierre Wacquier ( PS ) | |
Local government address : |
Administration Communale Rue Wibault Bouchart 11 7620 Brunehaut (Bléharies) |
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Website: | www.brunehaut.be |
Brunehaut is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in the Walloon part of Belgium and borders France to the south . In the area of the municipality, the Scheldt crosses the Franco-Belgian border.
The municipality consists of the localities of Bléharies, Guignies, Hollain, Howardries, Jollain-Merlin, Laplaigne, Lesdain, Rongy and Wez-Velvain .
The name of the municipality goes back to the old Roman road running through the municipality from Cambrai in France to Tournai , which, like most of the old Roman roads in what is now Belgium, was called Chaussée Brunehaut in the Middle Ages , which can be traced back to the Frankish queen Brunichild .
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