Hainaut (province),

	Hainaut (province), Hainaut () may refer to: * County of Hainaut, a historical Holy Roman Empire lordship in modern-day Belgium and northern France * French Hainaut, a part of the modern Nord department * Hainaut Province, a modern Belgian province, part of Wallonia * Hainaut-Sambre, a former Belgian steel conglomerate See also * Hainau (other) * Hainault (other) Henao Henao is a Spanish surname derived from the Spanish name for the Hainaut region. Notable people with the surname include: Alexandra Henao (born c. 1970), Venezuelan cinematographer and film director Carolina Colorado Henao (born 1987), Colombia ... , the Spanish name for the region, now also used as a surname {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	County Of Hainaut The County of Hainaut (french: Comté de Hainaut; nl, Graafschap Henegouwen; la, comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled what is now the border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons ( nl, Bergen), now in Belgium, and Valenciennes, now in France. The core of the county was named after the river Haine. It stretched southeast to include the '' Avesnois'' region and southwest to the Selle (Scheldt tributary). In the Middle Ages, it also gained control of part of the original ''pagus'' of Brabant to its north and the ''pagus'' of Oosterbant to the east, but they were not part of the old ''pagus'' of Hainaut. In modern terms, the original core of Hainaut consisted of the central part of the Belgian province of Hainaut, and the eastern part of the French ''département'' of Nord (the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and Valenciennes). Hainaut already appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	French Hainaut French Hainaut (french: Hainaut français ) is one of two areas in France that form the département du Nord, its eastern part. It corresponds roughly with the Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe (east), Arrondissement of Cambrai (south-west) and Arrondissement of Valenciennes (north-west). Until the 17th century it was an integral part of the County of Hainaut, ruled by the Burgundians and later the Habsburgs. In a series of wars between France and Spain, this southern part of Hainaut was conquered by France, together with the adjacent smaller Cambrésis or the Bishopric of Cambrai to the south-west, loosely associated with it, and the similar area to these two combined in the west, southern Flanders, which borders on the English Channel (French: la Manche). Together these formed the French province of Flandre immediately before the French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hainaut Province Hainaut (, also , , ; nl, Henegouwen ; wa, Hinnot; pcd, Hénau), historically also known as Heynowes in English, is a province of Wallonia and Belgium. To its south lies the French department of Nord, while within Belgium it borders (clockwise from the North) on the Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and the Walloon provinces of Walloon Brabant and Namur. Its capital is Mons (Dutch ''Bergen'') and the most populous city is Charleroi, the province's urban, economic and cultural hub, the financial capital of Hainaut and the fifth largest city in the country by population. Hainaut has an area of and as of January 2019 a population of 1,344,241. Another remarkable city is Tournai (Dutch ''Doornik'') on the Scheldt river, one of the oldest cities of Belgium and the first capital of the Frankish Empire. Hainaut province exists of a wavy landscape, except for the very southern part, the so-called ''Boot of Hainaut'', which is quite hilly and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hainaut-Sambre Hainaut-Sambre was a Belgian group of steel companies based in the Charleroi region, it was founded in 1955 by the merger of ''Usine Métallurgiques du Hainaut'' (based in Couillet, Charleroi), and the metal making division of '' Sambre et Moselle'' (based in Montignies-sur-Sambre, Charleroi). The company absorbed another Charleroi based steel group ''Thy-Marcinelle et Providence'' in 1980 before being merged with the Liège Province based steel group Cockerill in 1981 to form Cockerill-Sambre. A predecessor company SA Marchinelle & Couillet built locomotives at the ''Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut'' which were used on industrial railways, and exported around the world. The locomotive builder was commonly known as Couillet. History Background It has been speculated that the beginnings of industrialised iron working around Charleroi may date at least to 1000AD, with water powered forge, and furnace fed by charcoal. The first official record of an iron industry dates to ~1600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hainau (other) Hainau may refer to: * Chojnów, Poland, ''Hainau'' in German Hainau, Germany Hainau is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. References Rhein-Lahn-Kreis {{RheinLahn-geo-stub ..., in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate The County of Hainaut, as spelled in the oldest documents {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hainault (other) Hainault (, ) may refer to: * An older spelling for the County of Hainaut (across the border of modern-day Belgium and France) * Hainault, London, a suburban area of London, UK * Hainault Bulldogs, a rugby league team, Dagenham, Essex * Hainault Depot, on the London Underground Central line * Hainault Forest, a country park in London * Hainault Forest High School, former name of The Forest Academy, London * Hainault Lodge, a nature reserve in London * Fairlop Loop, a branch line of the former Great Eastern Railway, London, now a portion of the Hainault Loop on the London Underground Central line * Hainault tube station, station on the London Underground Central line See also * Hainau (other) * Hainaut (other) * Henao Henao is a Spanish surname derived from the Spanish name for the Hainaut region. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandra Henao (born c. 1970), Venezuelan cinematographer and film director Carolina Colorado Henao (born 1987), Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]