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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.
The Count of Hainaut (French: Comte de Hainaut; Dutch: Graaf van Henegouwen; German: Graf von Hennegau) was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries (including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany).
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Historical map of the County of Hainaut, with in red the current French-Belgian border. The province derives from the French Revolutionary Jemmape department , formed in 1795 from part of the medieval County of Hainaut , the small territory of Tournai and the Tournaisis , a part of the county of Namur ( Charleroi ), and also a small part of the ...
The County of Hainaut, sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons, now in Belgium, and Valenciennes, now in France.
Introduction. Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen) is the westernmost province of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Namur, and France. Its capital is Mons.
The County of Hainaut covers the French-speaking region between the Scheldt and Maas Rivers. It extends into modern-day France to cover the ancient Bishopric of Cambrai and the ancient capital of Hainaut, Valenciennes.
views 3,478,316 updated. Hainaut (ĕnō´), Du. Henegouwen, province (1991 pop. 1,278,791), 1,437 sq mi (3,722 sq km), S Belgium, bordering on France in the south. The chief cities of the predominately French-speaking province are Mons, the capital; Charleroi; and Tournai.
