Estinnes
Estinnes (French pronunciation: [ɛstin]; Picard: L' Estene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Estinnes
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.JPG.webp) 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 | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| 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 |
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.
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
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