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» 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

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