Écaussinnes (; pcd, Les Scassenes; wa, Les Scåssenes) is a
municipality
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of
Wallonia
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located in the
province of Hainaut
Hainaut (, also , , ; nl, Henegouwen ; wa, Hinnot; pcd, Hénau), historically also known as Heynowes in English, is a province of Wallonia and Belgium.
To its south lies the French department of Nord, while within Belgium it borders (cloc ...
,
Belgium
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.
On 1 January 2018 Écaussinnes had a total population of 11,135. The total area is 34.77 km
2 which gives a
population density
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of 320 inhabitants per km
2.
The municipality consists of the following
districts
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:
Écaussinnes-d'Enghien,
Écaussinnes-Lalaing, and
Marche-lez-Écaussinnes.
The city hosts the "Oberbayern" Festival each year in August, and hosted the Spring Blues Festival from 1988 to 2013.
History
''To be expanded''
Nearly 100 local citizens were saved from being killed by the German army by the intercession of
Qian Xiuling. There is a street named ''Rue Perlinghi'' in her honour. "Perlinghi" was her married name.
Postal history
The ECAUSSINNES post-office opened on 1 December 1850. It used a postal code 158 with bars (before 1864), and 105 with points before 1874.
The ECAUSSINNES-D'ENGHIEN post-office opened on 13 November 1879, MARCHE-LEZ-ECAUSSINNES on 10 May 1880.
Postal codes in 1969:
[Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.]
- 7180 Marche-lez-Écaussinnes
- 7190 Écaussinnes-d'Enghien
- 7191 Écaussinnes-Lalaing
Postal codes since at least 1990: 7190, 7191 Écaussinnes-Lalaing
References
External links
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Municipalities of Hainaut (province)
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