Hensies
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Wallonia | |
Province : | Hainaut | |
District : | Mons | |
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 |
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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 ).
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (French)
- Information about the nature reserve (French)