Hainaut Province

**Hainaut**  (, , , , , ) is a province of the Walloon Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. Its capital is the city of Mons.

It is the westernmost province of the Walloon Region.

## Geography

To the south of the province of Hainaut lies the French Nord department, while within Belgium it borders (clockwise from the North) on the Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and the Wallonian provinces of Walloon Brabant and Namur.

The province has an area of  with a population of about 1,351,000 in 2022. It is the province of the Walloon Region with the highest population.

The province of Hainaut is divided into seven arrondissements (_arrondissementen_ in Dutch) with 69 municipalities.

The altitude of the province is between , in Celles, and , in L'Escaillère.

## Administrative divisions

The province of Hainaut is divided into seven _arrondissements_ (Ath, Charleroi, La Louvière, Mons, Soignies, Thuin, and Tournai-Mouscron) and a total of 69 municipalities.

|Ath|Charleroi|La Louvière|Mons|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff;"|* Ath (4) * Beloeil (6) * Bernissart (7) * Brugelette (11) * Chièvres (17) * Ellezelles (24) * Enghien (25) * Flobecq (31) * Frasnes-lez-Anvaing (34) * Lessines (45) * Silly (65)|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff"|* Aiseau-Presles (1) * Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont (14) * Charleroi (15) * Châtelet (16) * Courcelles (21) * Farciennes (29) * Fleurus (30) * Fontaine-l'Evêque (32) * Gerpinnes (36) * Les Bons Villers (44) * Montigny-le-Tilleul (53) * Pont-à-Celles (58)|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff;"|* Binche (8) * Estinnes (28) * La Louvière (41) * Morlanwelz (54)|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff;"|* Boussu (9) * Colfontaine (19) * Dour (22) * Frameries (33) * Hensies (38) * Honnelles (39) * Jurbise (40) * Lens (43) * Mons (51) * Quaregnon (59) * Quévy (60) * Quiévrain (61) * Saint-Ghislain (63)|
|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff;"|* Braine-le-Comte (10) * Ecaussinnes (23) * Le Roeulx (42) * Manage (48) * Seneffe (64) * Soignies (67)|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff"|* Anderlues (2) * Beaumont (5) * Chimay (18) * Erquelinnes (26) * Froidchapelle (35) * Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes (37) * Lobbes (47) * Merbes-le-Château (49) * Momignies (50) * Sivry-Rance (66) * Thuin (68)|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ddffff;"|* Antoing (3) * Brunehaut (12) * Celles (13) * Comines-Warneton (20) * Estaimpuis (27) * Leuze-en-Hainaut (46) * Mont-de-l'Enclus (52) * Mouscron (55) * Pecq (56) * Péruwelz (57) * Rumes (62) * Tournai (69)|width="170" style="vertical-align:top;background:#ffffff;"||

## Population by arrondissement

Population x 1,000 (on 1 January since 1980).

|Arrondissement|1970|1980|1990|2000|2010|2020||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Ath ²|75|78|77|79|84|128|
|align="left"|Charleroi ²|459|444|426|421|425|397|
|align="left"|La Louvière ¹|138|136|134|135|137|141|
|align="left"|Mons|263|261|253|249|252|259|
|align="left"|Soignies ²|164|167|167|173|183|105|
|align="left"|Thuin ²|136|141|143|146|149|92|
|align="left"|Tournai-Mouscron ¹|217|214|212|211|217|224|

¹ Established in 2019.

² Change of municipalities in 2019.

## Other websites

- Official web site of the Hainaut province
- Hainaut Développement

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Hainaut
- **other name**: Heynowes
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Belgium, Province of Belgium
- **image flag**: Generic flag of Hainaut (1-1).svg
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image shield**: Wapen van Henegouwen (provincie).svg
- **shield size**: 100x90px
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Mons
- **seat1 type**: Largest city
- **seat1**: Charleroi
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Tommy Leclercq (PS (Belgium), PS)
- **area total km2**: 3813
- **population total**: 1,351,127
- **population as of**: 1 January 2022
- **population density km2**: 354
- **blank name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI (2018)
- **blank info sec2**: 0.888
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