Mouscron

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Mouscron
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Mouscron (Hainaut)
Mouscron
Mouscron
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Hainaut
District : Tournai-Mouscronwub
Coordinates : 50 ° 45 '  N , 3 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '  N , 3 ° 13'  E
Area : 40.36 km²
Residents: 58,474 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 1,449 inhabitants per km²
Height: 47  m
Post Code: 7700
Prefix: 056
Mayor: Brigitte Aubert ( CDH )

Local government address : 		Grand Place 1
7700 Mouscron
Website: www.mouscron.be
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Mouscron ( Dutch Moeskroen [ muˈskrun ]) is a city in the Walloon part of Belgium and is located there in the province of Hainaut . Mouscron is the administrative seat of the arrondissement of the same name , which, in addition to Mouscron, also includes the Hennegau exclave Comines-Warneton .

location

The city is located around 110 kilometers west of the state capital Brussels , directly on the French border, around ten kilometers northwest of the French city of Lille , to whose metro network it is to be connected in the future. In this area, the Franco-Belgian border often follows urban roads and runs through gardens and densely populated areas.

history

The oldest surviving document mentioning Mouscron dates back to 1060.

Since September 1, 1963, Mouscron has become part of the province of Hainaut and thus Wallonia due to the predominant French language (94% in 1846, 74% in 1947), after it was previously part of West Flanders .

The present municipality emerged in 1977 from the merger of the four places Mouscron, Luingne, Herseaux (Herzeeuw) and Dottignies (Dottenijs). Mouscron is Facility Municipality ; this means that public and administrative services are also offered in the language of the Flemish minority.

In 1986 Mouscron was officially declared a city.

The long-time mayor Jean-Pierre Detremmerie was replaced by Alfred Gadenne ( CDH ) in 2006 . He was found at the age of 71 on the evening of September 11, 2017 with his throat cut in the Luingne cemetery. A suspect was arrested in the cemetery.

Brigitte Aubert has been the mayor's successor since October 2, 2017, making her the first woman in this position.

economy

Mouscron has long been a center of the Flemish textile industry .

  • Mouscron Town Hall, inaugurated in 1890

  • Eglise du Bon Pasteur (Goede Herderkerk), Quartier Nouveau Monde

Sports

The Royal Excel Mouscron football club plays in the First Division , the top Belgian division. The coach from the 2019/20 season is Bernd Hollerbach from Würzburg . The international women's cycle race Grand Prix de Dottignies takes place annually with start and finish in the district of Dottignies .

Twin cities

Mouscron is a sister of

sons and daughters of the town

traffic

Mouscron is on the Fives – Mouscron railway line .

Web links

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ M. Del., L. Dup et Belga: Le monde politique choqué par le décès brutal d'Alfred Gadenne . La Libre online from September 11th 2017.
  2. ^ CNN.com
  3. ↑ Jordan Kasier: Brigitte Aubert becomes the first mayor of Mouscron. In: Le Soir. September 20, 2017, accessed on May 16, 2019 (fra).
  4. ^ Service Jumelage - Ville de Mouscron. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .