Estinnes
Appearance
Estinnes
L' Estene (Picard) | |
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance | |
Coordinates: 50°24′N 04°06′E / 50.400°N 4.100°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Hainaut |
Arrondissement | La Louvière |
Government | |
• Mayor | Aurore Tourneur |
• Governing party/ies | EMC, cdH, MR |
Area | |
• Total | 73.29 km2 (28.30 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 7,715 |
• Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 7120 |
NIS code | 58003 |
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-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.[2]
Near Estinnes is a wind farm with 11 wind turbines of Enercon E-126 type, 198.5 metres (651 ft) high.
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References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]Media related to Estinnes at Wikimedia Commons