Hainaut Province

Hainaut Official name is Province de Hainaut (French). (, , , , , ) 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.


+ Municipalities by arrondissements, with their numbers in the map Ath  Charleroi  La Louvière  Mons 170px
 Ath (4)
 Beloeil (6)
 Bernissart (7)
 Brugelette (11)
 Chièvres (17)
 Ellezelles (24)
 Enghien (25)
 Flobecq (31)
 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing (34)
 Lessines (45)
 Silly (65) 170px
 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) 170px
 Binche (8)
 Estinnes (28)
 La Louvière (41)
 Morlanwelz (54) 170px
 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) Soignies  Thuin  Tournai-Mouscron  170px
 Braine-le-Comte (10)
 Ecaussinnes (23)
 Le Roeulx (42)
 Manage (48)
 Seneffe (64)
 Soignies (67) 170px
 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) 170px
 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) 

Population by arrondissement
Population x 1,000 (on 1 January since 1980).Institut national de statistique - Direction générale Statistique et information économique

Arrondissement197019801990200020102020Ath ² 75 78 77 79 84 128Charleroi ² 459 444 426 421 425 397La Louvière ¹ 138 136 134 135 137 141Mons 263 261 253 249 252 259Soignies ² 164 167 167 173 183 105Thuin ² 136 141 143 146 149 92Tournai-Mouscron ¹ 217 214 212 211 217 224Province of Hainaut 1,317 1,309 1,278 1,279 1,310 1,347

¹ Established in 2019.

² Change of municipalities in 2019.

References

 Other websites 

 Official web site of the Hainaut province 
 Hainaut Développement