Hainaut Province

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Hainaut
Henegouwen ( Dutch )
Hainaut ( French )
Flag of the Hainaut Province
Coat of arms of the province of Hainaut
Country: Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Capital: Mons (German and Dutch: Bergen)
Area : 3,786 km²
Residents 1,346,840 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density 356 inhabitants / km²
Municipalities : 69
Website: www.hainaut.be
NIS code 50000
politics
Governor: Tommy Leclercq ( PS )
Location of the province in Belgium
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69 municipalities in the province
Municipalities in the province of Hainaut

The province of Hainaut ( French Province de Hainaut , Walloon Hinnot , West Flemish Enegouwn , Dutch Provincie Henegouwen ) is a Belgian province. It belongs to the Walloon Region and the French Community of Belgium . The name is linked to the historic county of Hainaut and is derived from the river Haine ( German  Henne , Dutch Hene ).

The provincial capital is Mons (Dutch and German Bergen ), the largest city in the province is Charleroi with around 201,000 inhabitants. In the past, Hainaut was characterized by the coal and steel industry (steel production, etc.) and has struggled with the consequences of structural change in the past few decades .

The municipality of Comines-Warneton is an exclave surrounded by West Flanders and France . Facility communities are Comines-Warneton (Komen-Waasten), Enghien (Edingen), Flobecq (Vloesberg) and Mouscron (Moeskroen).

history

See Hainaut County

Districts

The province of Hainaut is divided into seven districts. These are in French as arrondissements and in Dutch as arrondissementen referred. Sometimes the term arrondissement is also used in German, although district is the official term.

district Municipalities Residents
January 1, 2020 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		NIS
code
Ath 11 128,468 667.94 192 51000
Charleroi 12th 396.962 472.20 841 52000
La Louvière 04th 141,470 217.89 649 58000
Mons 13th 259.237 583.99 444 53000
Soignies 06th 105.179 354.92 296 55000
Thuin 11 91,725 780.07 118 56000
Tournai-Mouscron 12th 223,799 708.70 316 57000
Hainaut Province 69 1,346,840 3,785.71 356 50000

Municipalities

The province comprises a total of 69 municipalities: (See info box for the location of the municipality in the province)

  1. Aiseau-Presles
  2. Anderlues
  3. Antoing
  4. Ath
  5. Beaumont
  6. Belœil
  7. Bernissart
  8. Binche
  9. Boussu
  10. Braine-le-Comte
  11. Brugelette
  12. Brunehaut
  13. Celles
  14. Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
  15. Charleroi
  16. Châtelet
  17. Chièvres
  18. Chimay
  19. Colfontaine
  20. Comines warning tone
  21. Courcelles
  22. Dour
  23. Écaussinnes
  24. Ellezelles
  25. Enghien
  26. Refreshments
  27. Estaimpuis
  28. Estinnes
  29. Farciennes
  30. Fleurus
  31. Flobecq
  32. Fontaine-l'Évêque
  33. Frameries
  34. Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
  35. Froidchapelle
  36. Gerpinnes
  37. Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
  38. Hensies
  39. Honnelles
  40. Jurbise
  41. La Louvière
  42. Le Roeulx
  43. Lens
  44. Les Bons Villers
  45. Lessines
  46. Leuze-en-Hainaut
  47. Lobbes
  48. Manage
  49. Merbes-le-Château
  50. Momignies
  51. Mons
  52. Mont-de-l'Enclus
  53. Montigny-le-Tilleul
  54. Morlanwelz
  55. Mouscron
  56. Pecq
  57. Péruwelz
  58. Pont-à-Celles
  59. Quaregnon
  60. Quévy
  61. Quiévrain
  62. Rumes
  63. Saint-Ghislain
  64. Seneffe
  65. Silly
  66. Sivry-Rance
  67. Soignies
  68. Thuin
  69. Tournai

economy

In comparison with the gross domestic product of the European Union expressed in purchasing power standards , the province achieved an index of 77 (EU-25: 100) in 2015, significantly lower than the Belgian average of 119. In 2017, the unemployment rate was 11.4%. Of all the provinces in the country, Hainaut had the highest unemployment.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. In: ec.europa.eu. Eurostat, accessed on 5 November 2018 .