Hainaut Province
Hainaut, 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 on the Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and the Walloon provinces of Walloon Brabant and Namur.
Its capital is Mons 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.History
The province derives from the French Revolutionary Jemmape department, formed in 1795 from part of the medieval County of Hainaut, the small territory of Tournai and the Tournaisis, a part of the county of Namur, and also a small part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.Subdivisions
Hainaut province is divided into 7 administrative districts, subdivided into a total of 69 municipalities. It has an area of.
| Map no. | Municipality | Arrondissement |
| 1 | Aiseau-Presles | Charleroi |
| 2 | Anderlues | Thuin |
| 3 | Antoing | Tournai |
| 4 | Ath | Ath |
| 5 | Beaumont | Thuin |
| 6 | Belœil | Ath |
| 7 | Bernissart | Ath |
| 8 | Binche | Thuin |
| 9 | Boussu | Mons |
| 10 | Braine-le-Comte | Soignies |
| 11 | Brugelette | Ath |
| 12 | Brunehaut | Tournai |
| 13 | Celles | Tournai |
| 14 | Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont | Charleroi |
| 15 | Charleroi | Charleroi |
| 16 | Châtelet | Charleroi |
| 17 | Chièvres | Ath |
| 18 | Chimay | Thuin |
| 19 | Colfontaine | Mons |
| 20 | Comines-Warneton | Mouscron |
| 21 | Courcelles | Charleroi |
| 22 | Dour | Mons |
| 23 | Écaussinnes | Soignies |
| 24 | Ellezelles | Ath |
| 25 | Enghien | Soignies |
| 26 | Erquelinnes | Thuin |
| 27 | Estaimpuis | Tournai |
| 28 | Estinnes | Thuin |
| 29 | Farciennes | Charleroi |
| 30 | Fleurus | Charleroi |
| 31 | Flobecq | Ath |
| 32 | Fontaine-l'Evêque | Charleroi |
| 33 | Frameries | Mons |
| 34 | Frasnes-lez-Anvaing | Ath |
| 35 | Froidchapelle | Thuin |
| 36 | Gerpinnes | Charleroi |
| 37 | Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes | Thuin |
| 38 | Hensies | Mons |
| 39 | Honnelles | Mons |
| 40 | Jurbise | Mons |
| 41 | La Louvière | Soignies |
| 42 | Le Rœulx | Soignies |
| 43 | Lens | Mons |
| 44 | Les Bons Villers | Charleroi |
| 45 | Lessines | Soignies |
| 46 | Leuze-en-Hainaut | Tournai |
| 47 | Lobbes | Thuin |
| 48 | Manage | Charleroi |
| 49 | Merbes-le-Château | Thuin |
| 50 | Momignies | Thuin |
| 51 | Mons | Mons |
| 52 | Mont-de-l'Enclus | Tournai |
| 53 | Montigny-le-Tilleul | Charleroi |
| 54 | Morlanwelz | Thuin |
| 55 | Mouscron | Mouscron |
| 56 | Pecq | Tournai |
| 57 | Péruwelz | Tournai |
| 58 | Pont-à-Celles | Charleroi |
| 59 | Quaregnon | Mons |
| 60 | Quévy | Mons |
| 61 | Quiévrain | Mons |
| 62 | Rumes | Tournai |
| 63 | Saint-Ghislain | Mons |
| 64 | Seneffe | Charleroi |
| 65 | Silly | Soignies |
| 66 | Sivry-Rance | Thuin |
| 67 | Soignies | Soignies |
| 68 | Thuin | Thuin |
| 69 | Tournai | Tournai |
Governors
Economy
The Gross domestic product of the province was 34.2 billion € in 2018, accounting for 7.4% of Belgium's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 22,500 € or 75% of the EU27 average in the same year. Hainaut is the province with the second lowest GDP per capita.Miscellaneous
The patron saint of the province Hainaut is Saint Waltrude.
