Tournai, Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Tournai, known in Dutch as Doornik and historically as Tournay in English, is a Walloon municipality of Belgium. Tournai also forms part of the wider Tournai is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, metropolitan area.

Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, with Clovis I being born here.

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Geography Tournai is located in the Picardy Wallonia and Romance Flanders region of Belgium, at the southern limit of the Flemish plain, in the basin of the River Scheldt (Escaut in French, Schelde in Dutch). Administratively, the town is part of the Province of Hainaut, itself part of Wallonia. It is also a municipality that is part of the French-speaking Community of Belgium. Tournai has its own arrondissements, both administrative and judicial.

Its area of 213.75 km² (82.53 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in size in Belgium; it is also the largest in population in Western Hainaut.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Barry, Beclers, Blandain, Chercq, Ere, Esplechin, Froidmont, Froyennes, Gaurain-Ramecroix, Havinnes, Hertain, Kain, Lamain, Marquain, Maulde, Melles, Mont-Saint-Aubert, Mourcourt, Orcq, Quartes, Ramegnies-Chin, Rumillies, Saint-Maur, Templeuve, Thimougies, Tournai, Vaulx, Vezon, Warchin, and Willemeau.

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Tourist Industry Tournai is considered to be one of the most important cultural sites in Belgium. The mixed Romanesque- and Gothic-style cathedral of Notre Dame de Tournai and the belfry, considered the oldest in Belgium, have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Inside the cathedral, the Châsse de Notre-Dame flamande, a beautifully ornate 12th century reliquary, gives witness to Tournai's wealth in the Middle Ages. Other places of interest are the 13th century Scheldt bridge (Pont des Trous) and the main square (Grand Place), as well as several old city gates, historic warehouses, and a variety of museums. On rue Barre-St-Brice are two of the oldest private houses in Europe, dating from between 1175 and 1200 and built in the Romanesque style, while the rue des Jésuites includes a Gothic house from the 13th century.

As in many Belgian cities, there are a number of cafés and pubs in the Grand Place. In the middle of the Grand Place there are a series of water fountains while the circular staircase to the top of the belfry can be climbed.

There are several buildings in the art nouveau style.

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Education The Faculty of architecture, architectural engineering and urban planning of the French-speaking University of Louvain (UCLouvain) is located in Tournai.

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Tournai, Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium 
<b>Tournai, Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium</b>
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Tournai has a population of over 67,534 people. Tournai also forms one of the centres of the wider Hainaut Province which has a population of over 1,344,241 people. It is also a part of the larger Eurometropolis area.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Tournai has links with:

🇵🇸 Bethlehem, Palestine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Canterbury, England 🇧🇴 Tarija, Bolivia 🇫🇷 Troyes, France 🇫🇷 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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Antipodal to Tournai is: -176.612,-50.606

Locations Near: Tournai 3.38787,50.6056

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