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Estinnes

Coordinates : 50°24′N 04°06′E / 50.400°N 4.100°E / 50.400; 4.100 Estinnes ( French pronunciation: [ ɛstin ] ⓘ ; Picard : L' Estene ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the...

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Coordinates: 50°24′N04°06′E / 50.400°N 4.100°E / 50.400; 4.100

Estinnes (French pronunciation:[ɛstin]ⓘ; Picard: L' Estene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006, Estinnes had a total population of 7,413. The total area is 72.73 km2 which gives a population density of 102 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Estinnes-au-Mont, Estinnes-au-Val, Faurœulx, Haulchin, Peissant, Rouveroy, Vellereille-les-Brayeux, and Vellereille-le-Sec.

Estinnes was the location, on 1 March 744, of the second reform council organized by Saint Boniface.[2]

Near Estinnes is a wind farm with 11 wind turbines of Enercon E-126 type, 198.5 metres (651 ft) high.

View of Bonne-Espérance Abbey (1130), in Estinnes (Vellereille-les-Brayeux)

References

  1. ↑"Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ↑Dierkens, Alain (1984). "Superstitions, christianisme et paganisma à la fin de l'epoque mérovingienne: A propos de l'Indiculus superstitionem et paganiarum". In Hervé Hasquin (ed.). Magie, sorcellerie, parapsychologie. Brussels: Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles. pp. 9–26.
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