Hensies

Hensies
	Hensies
	Hensies
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Hainaut
District :	Mons
Coordinates :	50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 41' E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 41' E
Area :	26.3 km²
Residents:	6828 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	260 inhabitants per km²
Height:	20 m
Post Code:	7350 (Hainin, Hensies, Montrœul-sur-Haine, Thulin)
Prefix:	065
Mayor:	Eric Thiébaut ( PS )
; Local government address :	Place Communale, 1 ; 7350 Hensies
Website:	www.hensies.be

Hensies is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut . It lies directly on the border with France ( Département Nord ), around 15 kilometers northeast of Valenciennes and 20 kilometers southwest of Mons . It emerged in 1977 as part of a community reform from the merger of the towns of Hainin, Hensies, Montrœul-sur-Haine and Thulin.

geography

The parish is located in the valley of the Haine River . Even the shipping canal Canal de POMMEROEUL à Condé runs through the town, located in Hensies a lock system .

Hensies borders on the neighboring communities

history

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the hard coal deposits located here were massively dismantled. The Canal de Mons à Condé was built as a transport route, following the Haine river, on the one hand to Mons and on the other to Condé-sur-l'Escaut , where it flows into the Scheldt . In the 1960s, the section to Mons was closed and later replaced by the A7 motorway. Since then, shipping has been carried out on the Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes Canal, which was connected to the old canal at Pommerœul . But this shipping route has also been closed on the French side since 1995.

Attractions

The former coal mines gradually filled with water and today form an important wetland area , the Marais d'Harchies-Hensies-Pommerœul nature reserve , which belongs to the Belgian nature reserve Scheldt Plains ( French Parc naturel Plaines de l'Escaut ).

Van Gheyt Lake in the nature reserve

Web links

Commons : Hensies - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality (French)
Information about the nature reserve (French)