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Municipality in French Community, Belgium
Estinnes L' Estene (Picard)
Municipality
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonne-EspéranceBasilica of Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance
Flag of EstinnesFlagCoat of arms of EstinnesCoat of arms
Location of Estinnes
Estinnes is located in BelgiumEstinnesEstinnesLocation in Belgium Location of Estinnes in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°24′N 04°06′E / 50.400°N 4.100°E / 50.400; 4.100
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementLa Louvière
Government
 • MayorAurore Tourneur
 • Governing party/iesEMC, cdH, MR
Area
 • Total73.29 km (28.30 sq mi)
Population
 • Total7,715
 • Density110/km (270/sq mi)
Postal codes7120
NIS code58003
Area codes064
Websitewww.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 km which gives a population density of 102 inhabitants per km.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Estinnes-au-Mont, Estinnes-au-Val, Faurœulx, Haulchin, Peissant, Rouveroy, Vellereille-les-Brayeux, and Vellereille-le-Sec.

Estinnes was the location, on 1 March 744, of the second reform council organized by Saint Boniface.

Near Estinnes is a wind farm with 11 wind turbines of Enercon E-126 type, 198.5 metres (651 ft) high.

View of Bonne-Espérance Abbey (1130), in Estinnes (Vellereille-les-Brayeux)

References

  1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. 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
Places adjacent to Estinnes
Mons Binche
Quévy Estinnes Binche
Villers-Sire-Nicole (FR-59) Vieux-Reng (FR-59), Erquelinnes Merbes-le-Château
Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
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La Louvière
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