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Hainaut is the only Belgian province whose capital is not its largest city. Hainaut has an area of 3,831 km 2 (1,479 sq mi) and as of January 2024 a population of over 1.36 million. [8] Another notable city is Tournai (Dutch Doornik) on the Scheldt river, one of the oldest cities in Belgium and the first capital of the Frankish Empire.
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Mons (French: ⓘ; German and Dutch: Bergen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrɣə(n)] ⓘ; Walloon and Picard: Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. The population grew quickly, trade flourished, and ...
The County of Hainaut (French: Comté de Hainaut; Dutch: Graafschap Henegouwen; Latin: comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France.
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