Hyon ( wa, Avrè) is a village of
Wallonia and a district of the municipality of
Mons
Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
, located in the
province of Hainaut,
Belgium.
It was a municipality until the
fusion of the Belgian municipalities
The fusion of the Belgian municipalities (French: ''fusion des communes'', Dutch: ''fusie van Belgische gemeenten'') was a Belgian political process that rationalized and reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium between 1975 and 1983. In ...
in 1977.
Gallery
Image:0 Hyon vu du Mont Héribus (1).JPG, The village seen from the summit of Mount Héribus.
Image:Hyon JPG05a.jpg, Bridge/Dam on the river ''la Trouille'' (16th century).
Image:Hyon JPG05b.jpg, Bridge/Dam.
Image:Église Hyon D02.jpg, Church Saint-Martin (1874-1876).
Image:Hyon AR1aJPG.jpg, Remarkable hybrid plane of the common park.
Image:Hyon - Arbre de la Liberté - Tilia x europaea L. (1).jpg, The ''Tree of the Liberty'' - Common Lime
''Papilio demoleus'' is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is also known as the lime butterfly, lemon butterfly, lime swallowtail, and chequered swallowtail. These common names refer to their host plants, which are usu ...
planted in the end of the 18th century.
Sub-municipalities of Mons
Former municipalities of Hainaut (province)
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