Editing Braine-le-Comte

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Braine-le-Comte
|native_name={{native_name|wa|Brinne-e-Hinnot}}
|namenl = 's-Gravenbrakel
|picture=Braine-le-Comte JPG02.jpg
|picture-legend=The kiosk and Town Hall
|map=Braine-le-Comte Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Braine-le-Comte in Hainaut
|arms=Blason Braine-le-Comte.svg
|flag=Flag of Braine-le-Comte, Belgium.svg
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Soignies|Soignies]]
|nis=55004
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Maxime Daye (MR)
|majority=[[Reformist Movement|MR]], [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|PS]]
|postal-codes=7090
|telephone-area=067
|web=[http://www.braine-le-comte.be/ www.braine-le-comte.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|36|N|04|08|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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'''Braine-le-Comte''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁɛn lə kɔ̃t|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Braine-le-Comte.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Brinne-e-Hinnot}}; {{langx|nl|'s-Gravenbrakel}} {{IPA|nl|ˈsxraːvə(m)ˌbraːkəl||Nl-'s Gravenbrakel.ogg}}) is a city and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]].

On January 1, 2018, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 21,649. The total area is {{convert|84.68|sqkm|sqmi}} which gives a [[population density]] of 260 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: Braine-le-Comte, [[Hennuyères]], [[Henripont]], [[Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine]], [[Ronquières]], and [[Steenkerque]].

The [[Ronquières inclined plane]] at the [[Brussels–Charleroi Canal]] is in the municipality of Braine-le-Comte.

[[Image:Braine-le-Comte JPG00.jpg|thumb|none|upright=0.8|St. Gaugericus' Church]]

==History==
On August 3, 1692, during the [[Nine Years War]], the French army defeated a joint English-Dutch-German army in the [[Battle of Steenkerque]] in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte.

=== Postal history ===

The Braine-le-Comte post-office opened before 1830. It used postal code 22 with bars (before 1864) and 53 with points (before 1874). The Hennuyères post office opened on 6 November 1865. It used postal code 161 with points (before 1874). The Ronquières post office opened on 10 January 1895.<ref>Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, NIPA, Antwerp, 1999.</ref>

Postal codes in 1969:<ref>Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles. 1969.</ref>
* 7198 Ronquières
* 7199 Henripont
* 7490 Braine-le-Comte
* 7491 Steenkerque
* 7492 Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine 
* 7498 Hennuyères

==Notable people==
* [[Eden Hazard]], Belgian international footballer
* [[Thorgan Hazard]], Belgian international footballer
* [[Kylian Hazard]], Belgian international footballer
* [[Father Damien]], a Roman Catholic Saint that attended the College of Braine-le-Comte in 1858

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Braine-le-Comte
|N  = [[Rebecq]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]]), [[Tubize]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]])
|NE = [[Ittre]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]])
|E  = [[Nivelles]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]])
|SE = [[Seneffe]]
|S  = [[Écaussinnes]]
|W  = [[Soignies]]
|NW = [[Enghien]]<br/>[[Silly, Belgium|Silly]]
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]
[[Category:Braine-le-Comte| ]]