Municipalities of Hainaut: Mons, Châtelet, Belgium, Quévy, La Louvière, Pont-à-Celles, Péruwelz, Fontaine-l'Évêque, Chièvres, Merbes-le-Château

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Mons, Châtelet, Belgium, Quévy, La Louvière, Pont-à-Celles, Péruwelz, Fontaine-l'Évêque, Chièvres, Merbes-le-Château, Quiévrain, Tournai, Soignies, Manage, Charleroi, Ath, Mouscron, Thuin, Chimay, Enghien, Péronnes-lez-Binche, Fleurus, Comines-Warneton, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Flobecq, Morlanwelz, Seneffe, Estaimpuis, Bernissart, Belœil, Farciennes, Frameries, Lessines, Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Saint-Ghislain, Braine-le-Comte, Ellezelles, Gerpinnes, Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Antoing, Brunehaut, Aiseau-Presles, Estinnes, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Ormeignies, Mont-de-l'Enclus, Celles, Hainaut, Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, Courcelles, Belgium, Silly, Belgium, Colfontaine, Boussu, Dour, Beaumont, Belgium, Anderlues, Honnelles, Pecq, Belgium, Le Rœulx, Les Bons Villers, Momignies, Écaussinnes, Lobbes, Lens, Belgium, Brugelette, Erquelinnes, Froidchapelle, Sivry-Rance, Quaregnon, Hensies, Jurbise, Rumes. Excerpt: Mons (French pronunciation: ; Dutch and German: Bergen; Picard: Mont) is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour (partly), Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles, Saint-Denis, Saint-Symphorien, Spiennes, Villers-Saint-Ghislain, Casteau (partly), Masnuy-Saint-Jean (partly), and Ville-sur-Haine (partly). Together with the Czech city of Plzeň, Mons was selected to be the European capital of culture in 2015. The Sainte Waudru collegiate church and the belfry.The first signs of activity in the region of Mons can be found at Spiennes, where some of the best flint tools in Europe were found dating from the Neolithic period. When Julius Caesar arrived in the region in the 1st century BC, the region was settled by the Nervii. A castrum was built...

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