Estinnes
Estinnes
L' Estene (Picard) | |
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance | |
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![]() ![]() Estinnes Location in Belgium
Location of Estinnes in Hainaut ![]() | |
Coordinates: 50°24′N 04°06′E / 50.400°N 4.100°ECoordinates: 50°24′N 04°06′E / 50.400°N 4.100°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | French Community |
Region | ![]() |
Province | Hainaut |
Arrondissement | La Louvière |
Government | |
• Mayor | Aurore Tourneur |
• Governing party/ies | EMC, cdH, MR |
Area | |
• Total | 72.73 km2 (28.08 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 7,715 |
• Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 7120 |
Area codes | 064 |
Website | www.estinnes.be |
Estinnes (French pronunciation: [ɛstin]; Picard: L' Estene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Estinnes had a total population of 7,413. The total area is 72.73 km2 which gives a population density of 102 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Croix-lez-Rouveroy, , Estinnes-au-Val, , , , , , and .
Estinnes was the location, on 1 March 744, of the organized by Saint Boniface.[2]
Near Estinnes is a wind farm with 11 wind turbines of Enercon E-126 type, 198.5 metres (651 ft) high.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Abbaye_de_Bonne-Esperance.jpg/250px-Abbaye_de_Bonne-Esperance.jpg)
View of Bonne-Espérance Abbey (1130), in Estinnes (Vellereille-les-Brayeux)
References[]
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Dierkens, Alain (1984). "Superstitions, christianisme et paganisma à la fin de l'epoque mérovingienne: A propos de l'Indiculus superstitionem et paganiarum". In Hervé Hasquin (ed.). Magie, sorcellerie, parapsychologie. Brussels: Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles. pp. 9–26.
External links[]
Media related to Estinnes at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Municipalities of Hainaut (province)
- Hainaut geography stubs