Belœil, Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium


🇧🇪 Belœil is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It is around 10 km south of Ath. The municipality consists of the following districts: Aubechies, Basècles, Belœil, Ellignies-Sainte-Anne, Grandglise, Quevaucamps, Ramegnies, Stambruges, Thumaide, and Wadelincourt.

The municipality is named after the château of Belœil, once the seat of Charles-Joseph, Prince of Ligne, a military officer and man of letters who corresponded with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire.

Europe/Brussels/Hainaut_Province 
<b>Europe/Brussels/Hainaut_Province</b>
Image: Photo by Alexis Mette on Unsplash

Belœil has a population of over 13,347 people. Belœil also forms part of the wider Ath Arrondissement which has a population of over 86,719 people. Belœil is situated 10 km south of Ath.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Belœil has links with:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Maybole, Scotland
Text Atribution: Wikipedia Text under CC-BY-SA license

Bing Map