Fayt-lez-Manage (, literally ''Fayt
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Manage
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''; wa, El Fayi-dlé-Manadje) is a town of
Wallonia
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and a district of the municipality of
Manage
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, located in the
province of Hainaut
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 (clock ...
,
Belgium
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.
The name dates to 1920, previously it was called Fayt-lez-Seneffe. It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.
The locality is served by bus 30 Anderlues - Morlanwelz - La Louvière - Strépy-Bracquenies - Thieu.
People
* (1896–1959), deputy, first president of the
Belgian Socialist Party nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij
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, leader1_title = President
, leader1_name = Achille Van Acker (first)André Cools (last)
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* (1901–1981), founder of the National League of Cooperators
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Victor Harou
Victor Eugène Jules Harou (25 September 1851 – 12 August 1923) was a Belgian soldier and explorer.
Early years
Victor Eugène Jules Harou was born on 25 September 1851 in Fayt-lez-Seneffe (today Fayt-lez-Manage), Hainaut Province, Belgium.
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(1851–1923), explorer in the Congo
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Former municipalities of Hainaut (province)