Saintes
Saintes is a village and a district in the municipality of Tubize, in Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium. The history of the village is closely linked to the legend of Saint Reineldis, a locally venerated saint from the 7th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,500 residents
- Description: section of Tubize, Wallonia
- Also known as: “Saintes, Belgium”
- Postal code: 1480
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hondzocht Windmill and Tubize railway station.
Tubize railway station
Railway stop
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Tubize railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Saintes.
Lefebvre Brewery
The Lefebvre Brewery in Quenast, Wallonia, Belgium, was founded in 1876 by Jules Lefebvre. It produces a range of beers including Barbar, an 8% abv strong pale ale containing honey, and the Floreffe brand of abbey beers. Lefebvre Brewery is situated 3½ km south of Saintes.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wisbecq and Bierghes.
Wisbecq
Hamlet
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Wisbecq is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southwest of Saintes.
Bierghes
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bierghes is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Saintes.
Quenast
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Quenast is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Saintes.
Saintes
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Tubize, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.7048° or 50° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
4.16088° or 4° 9′ 39″ eastPopulation
2,500Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE STSOpen location code
9F26P536+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 61757221OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Walloon—“Saintes” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Saintes (plaats, België)”
- Dutch: “Sint-Renelde”
- French: “Saintes”
- French: “Sint-Renelde”
- German: “Saintes”
- Irish: “Saintes”
- Luxembourgish: “Saintes”
- Picard: “Sainte-Érnèle”
- Polish: “Saintes (Tubize)”
- Polish: “Saintes”
- Russian: “Сент”
- Spanish: “Sainte-Érnèle”
- Spanish: “Saintes”
- Spanish: “Sint-Renelde”
- Spanish: “Sinte-Ernele”
- Spanish: “Sinternele”
- Walloon: “Sinte-Ernele”
- Walloon: “Sinternele”
- “Saintes”
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Highlights include Église Sainte-Renelde and Cimetière de Saintes.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saintes”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.