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Arrondissement Of Mouscron
The Arrondissement of Mouscron (; ) is a former arrondissement in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is not a judicial arrondissement. Its municipalities are a part of the Judicial Arrondissement of Tournai. The arrondissement was created in 1963 after several municipalities were transferred from the Dutch-speaking province of West Flanders to French-speaking Hainaut following the language laws of 1962. In 2019 it was merged into the new Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Mouscron consists of the following municipalities and former municipalities (with their Dutch name): * Comines-Warneton (Komen-Waasten) ** Comines (Komen) ** Houthem ** Ploegsteert ** Bas-Warneton (Neerwaasten) ** Warneton (Waasten) * Mouscron (Moeskroen) ** Mouscron (Moeskroen) ** Luingne ** Dottignies (Dottenijs) ** Herseaux (Herzeeuw) References Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch language, Dutch and , ; Picard language, Picard and Walloon languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissements Of Belgium
Arrondissements of Belgium (plural in ) are administrative division, subdivisions below the provinces of Belgium. There are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas. Belgium, a federalized state, geographically consists of three regions and communities of Belgium, regions, of which only Flanders and Wallonia are subdivided into five provinces of Belgium, provinces each; Brussels is neither a province nor is it part of one. Administrative The 43 administrative arrondissements are an administrative level between the Commune (subnational entity), municipalities and the provinces. Brussels-Capital forms a single arrondissement for all 19 municipalities in the region by that name. As an exception, the arrondissement of Verviers has two NUTS codes: BE335 for the French-speaking part and BE336 for the German-speaking part. The latter is identical to the area of the German-speaking community. Judicial Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Tournai
The Arrondissement of Tournai (; ) is a former arrondissement in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Tournai also comprises the municipality of Lessines in the Arrondissement of Soignies and all municipalities of the Arrondissement of Ath, with the exception of the municipalities of Brugelette and Chièvres. In 2019 it was merged into the new Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Tournai consists of the following municipalities: * Antoing * Brunehaut * Celles * Estaimpuis * Leuze-en-Hainaut * Mont-de-l'Enclus * Pecq * Péruwelz * Rumes * Tournai References Tournai Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warneton, Belgium
Warneton (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality of its own until the 1977 merger of Belgian municipalities. It is immediately to the north of the French commune of Warneton, across the river Lys or Leie. The hamlet of Gheer is on its territory. Etymology * 1007 ''Uuarnasthun'' * 1065 ''Uuarnestun'' * 1104 ''Guarnestun'' * 1168 ''Warnestun'' Farm (Saxon ''thun'', Germanic ''*tûna'', "enclosure") of Warin, a Saxon and Frankish anthroponym (Saxon settlement set up in the Merovingian era). History Cut away from Ploegsteert in 1850, it was transferred from the province of West Flanders West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ... to the province of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploegsteert
Ploegsteert (; ; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the most westerly settlement of Wallonia. It is approximately north of the French border. Created in 1850 on part of the territory of Warneton, it includes the hamlet of Le Bizet, which is the border with France (there is also a hamlet named "Le Bizet" in France). It is largely francophone, with facilities for Dutch speakers. In late 1914 and early 1915, the nearby Ploegsteert Wood was the site of fierce WWI fighting. Today there are numerous cemeteries and memorials, including the Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) CWGC Cemetery and the Berks CWGC Cemetery Extension with the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, which commemorates more than 11,000 British and Empire servicemen who died outside the Ypres Salient and have no known grave. From January to May 1916, Winston Churchill served in the area as Commanding Officer (Lieut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comines-Warneton
Comines-Warneton (; ; ; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is contiguous with the identically named Comines on the other side of the border with France. On 1 January 2006 it had a total population of 17,562. Its total area is which gives a population density of . The name "Comines" is believed to have a Celtic, or Gaulish, origin. Comines-Warneton is a municipality with language facilities for Dutch-speakers. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bas-Warneton, Comines, Houthem, Ploegsteert, and Warneton (including the hamlet of Gheer). They were all transferred in 1963 from the arrondissement of Ypres in the Dutch-speaking province of West Flanders to the newly created arrondissement of Mouscron in French-speaking Hainaut. The five municipalities (Comines, Houthem, Ploegsteert, Bas-Warneton, Warneton) were merged into a single Comines-Warneton municipality in 1977. Since then, the municipality f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Tournai-Mouscron
The Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron (; ) is one of the seven administrative Arrondissements of Belgium, arrondissements in the Wallonia, Walloon Provinces of Belgium, province of Hainaut (province), Hainaut, Belgium. The Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron was created in 2019 by the merger of the former arrondissements of Arrondissement of Tournai, Tournai and Arrondissement of Mouscron, Mouscron. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Mouscron consists of the following Municipalities of Belgium, municipalities (with their Dutch name): * Antoing * Brunehaut * Celles, Hainaut, Celles * Comines-Warneton (''Komen-Waasten'') * Estaimpuis (''Steenput'') * Leuze-en-Hainaut * Mont-de-l'Enclus * Mouscron (''Moeskroen'') * Pecq * Péruwelz * Rumes * Tournai (''Doornik'') References Arrondissements of Hainaut (province), Tournai-Mouscron {{Hainaut-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Language Legislation In Belgium
This article outlines the legislative chronology concerning the use of official languages in Belgium. 1830: Freedom of languages and linguistic correction A factor in the Belgian Revolution of the 1830s was the rising dominance of the Dutch language in the southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A conflict arose between the citizenry of the Flemish provinces who wished to engage with the authorities in Dutch, and the largely francophone aristocracy of the southern provinces which became modern-day Belgium. While the Belgian Constitution The Constitution of Belgium (; ; ) dates back to 1831. Since then Belgium has been a parliamentary monarchy that applies the principles of ministerial responsibility for the government policy and the separation of powers. The most recent majo ... guaranteed "freedom of language", in practice the authorities, including government institutions such as the courts, were dominated by the French-speaking upper classes, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Flanders
West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemish province of East Flanders to the east, the Walloon province of Hainaut in the south and the French department of Nord to the west. Its capital is Bruges (''Brugge''). Other important cities are Kortrijk in the south and Ostend (''Oostende'') on the coast, Roeselare and Ypres (''Ieper''). The province has an area of which is divided into eight administrative districts (''arrondissementen'') containing 64 municipalities. As of January 2024, West Flanders has a population of over 1.22 million. The North Sea coast of Belgium, an important tourism destination, lies in West Flanders. A tram line runs the length of the coast, from De Panne on the French border to Knokke-Heist on the Dutch border. West Flanders has two seaports, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Belgium covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of ranks List of countries and dependencies by population density, 22nd in the world and Area and population of European countries, sixth in Europe. The capital and Metropolitan areas in Belgium, largest metropolitan region is City of Brussels, Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a complex Federation, federal system structured on regional and linguistic grounds. The country is divided into three highly autonomous Communities, regions and language areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hainaut (province)
Hainaut ( , also , ; ; ; ; ), historically also known as Heynault in English, is the westernmost Provinces of regions in Belgium, province of Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium. To its south lies the France, French department of Nord (French department), Nord, while within Belgium it borders (clockwise from the north) on the Flemish Region, Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and the Walloon provinces of Walloon Brabant and Namur Province, Namur. Its capital is Mons, Belgium, Mons (Dutch: ''Bergen'') and the most populous city is Charleroi, the province's urban, economic and cultural hub, the financial capital of Hainaut and the List of cities in Belgium, fifth largest city in the country by population. Hainaut is one of the two only Belgian provinces whose capital is not its largest city; the other one is Walloon Brabant. Hainaut has an area of and as of January 2024 a population of over 1.36 million. Another notable city is Tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily Geographical distribution of French speakers, French-speaking. It accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its population. The Walloon Region and the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, are independent concepts, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region but not the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which administers nine municipalities in Eastern Wallonia. During the Industrial Revolution, Wallonia was second only to the United Kingdom in industrialization, capitalizing on its extensive deposits of coal and iron. This brought the regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
