The Arrondissement of Mouscron (; ) is a former

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

in the Walloon

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Hainaut,

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. It is not a judicial arrondissement. Its municipalities are a part of the Judicial

Arrondissement of Tournai The Arrondissement of Tournai (french: Arrondissement de Tournai; nl, Arrondissement Doornik) is a former arrondissement in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Jud ...

. The arrondissement was created in 1963 after several municipalities were transferred from the Dutch-speaking province of

West Flanders ) , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of West Flanders.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van West-Vlaanderen.svg , shield_size = , image_map ...

to French-speaking Hainaut following the language laws of 1962. In 2019 it was merged into the new

Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron The Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron (; ) is one of the seven administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium. The Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron was created in 2019 by the merger of the former arrondissements o ...

Municipalities

The Administrative Arrondissement of Mouscron consists of the following

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and former municipalities (with their Dutch name): *

Comines-Warneton Comines-Warneton (; nl, Komen-Waasten, ; pcd, Comène-Warneuton; vls, Koomn-Woastn; wa, Cômene-Varneton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, it had a total population of 17 ...

(Komen-Waasten) ** Comines (Komen) ** Houthem **

Ploegsteert Ploegsteert ( pcd, Ploster) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the most westerly settlement of Wallonia. It is approximately north of the French bo ...

** Bas-Warneton (Neerwaasten) ** Warneton (Waasten) *

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropol ...

(Moeskroen) ** Mouscron (Moeskroen) ** Luingne ** Dottignies (Dottenijs) ** Herseaux (Herzeeuw)

References

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