Strépy-Bracquegnies
Strépy-Bracquegnies is a village in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a district of the municipality of La Louvière in the province of Hainaut. It is around 6 km west of the centre of La Louvière, and around 50 km south-west of Brussels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 8,880 residents
- Description: section of La Louvière, Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “Strépy” and “Strepy-Bracquegnies”
- Postal code: 7110
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strépy-Thieu boat lift and Bracquegnies railway station.
Strépy-Thieu boat lift
The Strépy-Thieu boat lift lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of Le Rœulx, Hainaut, Belgium. With a height difference of 73.15 metres between the upstream and downstream reaches, it was the tallest boat lift in the world upon its completion in 2002, and remained so until the Three Gorges Dam ship lift in China was completed in January 2016.
Bracquegnies railway station
Tire shop
Photo: Nenea hartia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bracquegnies railway station is a tire shop.
Thieu railway station
Railway stop
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Thieu railway station is a railway stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thieu and Ville-sur-Haine.
Thieu
Village
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Thieu is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Le Rœulx, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 1984, the Living Museum of the Canal du Centre in Thieu was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Ville-sur-Haine
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ville-sur-Haine is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Le Rœulx, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Ville-sur-Haine is situated 4 km west of Strépy-Bracquegnies.
Gottignies
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Gottignies is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Strépy-Bracquegnies.
Strépy-Bracquegnies
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: La Louvière, Arrondissement of Soignies, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.47493° or 50° 28′ 30″ northLongitude
4.12177° or 4° 7′ 18″ eastPopulation
8,880Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE STBOpen location code
9F26F4FC+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 673929759OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Walloon—“Strépy-Bracquegnies” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- Chinese: “斯特雷皮-布拉克尼”
- Chinese: “斯特雷皮”
- Dutch: “Strepy-Bracquegnies”
- Dutch: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- French: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- German: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- Hungarian: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- Irish: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- Polish: “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
- Russian: “Стрепи-Бракеньи”
- Walloon: “Sterpi-Bracgnere”
- “Strépy-Bracquegnies”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coron Sainte-Anne and Pont Cassé.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Poste de police de Bracquegnies and Église Saint-Joseph.
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