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Everything about Hainaut Province totally explained » This article is about the Belgian province. For other uses, see Hainaut.
Hynegow ( French: Hainaut, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) in Belgium on the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant ( Flanders) and those of Walloon Brabant and Namur ( Wallonia), and on France. Its capital is Mons. It has an area of 3,800 km² which is divided into seven administrative districts ( French: arrondissements) containing 69 municipalities.
See the medieval history of the County of Hainaut.
Districts
Ath District
Charleroi District
Aiseau-Presles
Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
Charleroi
Châtelet
Courcelles
Farciennes
Fleurus
Fontaine-l'Evêque
Gerpinnes
Les Bons Villers
Manage
Montigny-le-Tilleul
Pont-à-Celles
Seneffe
Mons District
Boussu
Colfontaine
Dour
Frameries
Hensies
Honnelles
Jurbise
Lens
Mons
Quaregnon
Quévy
Quiévrain
Saint-Ghislain
Mouscron District
Comines-Warneton
Mouscron
Soignies District
Braine-le-Comte
Ecaussinnes
Enghien
La Louvière
Le Roeulx
Lessines
Silly
Soignies
Thuin District
Anderlues
Beaumont
Binche
Chimay
Erquelinnes
Estinnes
Froidchapelle
Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
Lobbes
Merbes-le-Château
Momignies
Morlanwelz
Sivry-Rance
Thuin
Tournai District
Antoing
Brunehaut
Celles
Estaimpuis
Leuze-en-Hainaut
Mont-de-l'Enclus
Pecq
Péruwelz
Rumes
Tournai
Governors
Jean-Baptiste Thorn (1836 – 1841)
Charles Liedts (1841 – 1845)
Édouard Mercier (1845 – 1847)
Augustin Dumon-Dumortier (1847 – 1848)
Adolphe de Vrière (1848 – 1849)
Louis Troye (1849 – 1870)
Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1870 – 1878)
Auguste Wanderpepen (1878)
Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1878 – 1884)
Auguste Vergote (1884 – 1885)
Joseph d'Ursel (1885 – 1889)
Charles d'Ursel (1889 – 1893)
Raoul du Sart de Bouland (1893 – 1908)
Maurice Damoiseaux (1908 – 1937)
Henri Van Mol (1937 – 1940)
Émile Cornez (1944 – 1967)
Emilien Vaes (1967 – 1983)
Michel Tromont (1983 – 2004)
Claude Durieux (2004 – present day)
Trivia
Hainaut's Spanish name, Henao, is one of the most common last names in Colombia's Paisa RegionFurther Information
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