Hainaut

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Hainaut
(French: Hainaut)
Capital Mons
Area 3,800 km²
Population 2004 1,283,200
Density 338 / km²
Governor Claude Durieux
Official Site

Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, 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.

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[edit] Districts

[edit] Ath District

[edit] Charleroi District

[edit] Mons District

[edit] Mouscron District

[edit] Soignies District

[edit] Thuin District

[edit] Tournai District

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Subdivisions of Belgium
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Communities: Flemish • French • German
Regions and provinces:
      Brussels-Capital Region (not a province, neither has it provinces, nor is it part of one)
      Flanders: Antwerp • East Flanders • Flemish Brabant • Limburg • West Flanders
      Wallonia: Hainaut • Liège • Luxembourg • Namur • Walloon Brabant
Arrondissements: Administrative • Judicial • Electoral
Municipalities: of the Brussels-Capital Region • of Flanders • of Wallonia

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