Flobecq, Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

History

🇧🇪 Flobecq is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It borders to the municipalities of Ellezelles and Lessines in the same province and to Brakel in the province of East Flanders, on the other side of the language border. The total area is 23 km² (8.9 sq mi) which gives a population density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre (390/sq mi).

Flobecq is a tourist village. Each year, on the nearest Friday to 17 January, there is a marvelous local feast based on the adoration of Saint Antony.

Flobecq offers language facilities for Dutch speakers.

History Flobecq was initially under strong influence of Tournai and, as in Tournai, Picard was spoken there. Since the 13th century, the area was continuously disputed between the County of Flanders and the County of Hainaut. Therefore, the region (including neighbouring places like Lessines, Ellezelles,…) was often called "debate land" (Dutch: debattenland; French: terre des débats).

In 1963, when the language border was fixed, within the municipality of Flobecq, only the village of La Houppe/D'Hoppe was Dutch-speaking. However, the village was not transferred to Dutch-speaking East Flanders and remained in French-speaking area. Instead, Flobecq as a whole became a municipality with language facilities for Dutch.

Flobecq, Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium 

Flobecq has a population of over 3,287 people. Flobecq also forms part of the wider Ath Arrondissement which has a population of over 86,719 people. It is also a part of the larger Hainaut Province. Flobecq is situated near Ath.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Flobecq has links with:

🇫🇷 Cairanne, France 🇨🇿 Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic
Text Atribution: Wikipedia Text under CC-BY-SA license

Antipodal to Flobecq is: -176.267,-50.733

Locations Near: Flobecq 3.73333,50.7333

🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 3.6,50.85 d: 16  

🇧🇪 Gent 3.717,51.05 d: 35.2  

🇧🇪 Ghent 3.725,51.055 d: 35.8  

🇧🇪 Mons 3.949,50.453 d: 34.6  

🇧🇪 Aalst 4.033,50.933 d: 30.6  

🇧🇪 Tournai 3.388,50.606 d: 28.2  

🇧🇪 Soignies 4.067,50.567 d: 29.9  

🇫🇷 Valenciennes 3.523,50.358 d: 44.3  

🇧🇪 Dendermonde 4.1,51.033 d: 42.1  

🇧🇪 Kortrijk 3.265,50.828 d: 34.5  

Antipodal to: Flobecq -176.267,-50.733

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16722.7  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15930.7  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15891.8  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15631.1  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11910.4  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11835.5  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11823.5  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11818.1  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 11817.4  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 11804.1  

Bing Map

Option 1