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Hainaut

province in Wallonia, Belgium
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Summary

Hainaut is a province of Belgium[1]. Hainaut draws 2,633 Wikipedia views per month (province of belgium category, ranking #4 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Walloon Region[3]
  • Country: Belgium[4]
  • Head of government: Tommy Leclercq[5]
  • Capital: Mons[6]
  • Shares border with: West Flanders[7], East Flanders[8], Flemish Brabant[9], Walloon Brabant[10], Province of Namur[11], Ardennes[12], Aisne[13], Nord[14]
  • Named after: Hainaut[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Ath[16], Arrondissement of Charleroi[17], Arrondissement of Mons[18], Arrondissement of Soignies[19], Arrondissement of Thuin[20], arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron[21], Arrondissement of La Louvière[22]
  • Headquarters location: Mons[23]
  • Flag: flag of Hainaut[24]
  • Coat of arms: coats of arms of Hainaut[25]
  • Commons category: Hainaut[26]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27]
  • Official website: https://www.hainaut.be/[28], https://portail.hainaut.be/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hainaut Province[30]
  • Commons gallery: Hainaut[31]
  • Population: 1,335,360[32], 1,341,645[33], 1,360,074[34], 1,365,328[35]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Hainaut[36]
  • Office held by head of government: governor of the province of Hainaut[37]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[40]
  • Topic has template: Template:Municipalities in Hainaut[41]
  • Official name: Hainaut[42]
  • Legal form: Provincial authorities[43]
  • List of monuments: list of protected heritage sites in Hainaut[44]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hainaut[45]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hainaut[46]

Why It Matters

Hainaut has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Hainaut is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . statbel.fgov.be. Retrieved . statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . statbel.fgov.be. Retrieved . statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . statbel.fgov.be. Retrieved . statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Q87327357. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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