Braine-le-Comte
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Braine-le-Comte (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On January 1, 2018, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 21,649. The total area is Script error: No such module "convert". which gives a population density of 260 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-le-Comte, Hennuyères, Henripont, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine, Ronquières, and Steenkerque.
The Ronquières inclined plane at the Brussels–Charleroi Canal is in the municipality of Braine-le-Comte.
History
On August 3, 1692, during the Nine Years War, the French army defeated a joint English-Dutch-German army in the Battle of Steenkerque in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte.
Postal history
The Braine-le-Comte post-office opened before 1830. It used postal code 22 with bars (before 1864) and 53 with points (before 1874). The Hennuyères post office opened on 6 November 1865. It used postal code 161 with points (before 1874). The Ronquières post office opened on 10 January 1895.[1]
Postal codes in 1969:[2]
- 7198 Ronquières
- 7199 Henripont
- 7490 Braine-le-Comte
- 7491 Steenkerque
- 7492 Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine
- 7498 Hennuyères
Notable people
- Eden Hazard, Belgian international footballer
- Thorgan Hazard, Belgian international footballer
- Kylian Hazard, Belgian international footballer
- Father Damien, a Roman Catholic Saint that attended the College of Braine-le-Comte in 1858
References
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