Ronquières
Ronquières is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Braine-le-Comte, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is best known as the location of the Ronquières inclined plane on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,370 residents
- Description: section of Braine-le-Comte, Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “Ronquieres”
- Postal code: 7090
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ronquières inclined plane and Église Saint-François de Bornival.
Ronquières inclined plane
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ronquières Inclined Plane is a canal inclined plane on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium. It opened in April 1968 having taken six years to build.
Église Saint-François de Bornival
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-François de Bornival is a church, which is situated 3½ km east of Ronquières.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Henripont and Hennuyères.
Henripont
Village
Photo: Laika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Henripont is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Ronquières.
Hennuyères
Village
Photo: Herpoel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hennuyères is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of Ronquières.
Écaussinnes-Lalaing
Village
Écaussinnes-Lalaing is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Ronquières.
Ronquières
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Braine-le-Comte, Arrondissement of Soignies, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.60843° or 50° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
4.22355° or 4° 13′ 25″ eastPopulation
1,370Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE RQSOpen location code
9F26J65F+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 156623355OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Walloon—“Ronquières” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Ronquières”
- Catalan: “Ronquières”
- Cebuano: “Ronquières”
- Dutch: “Ronquieres”
- Dutch: “Ronquières”
- French: “Ronquieres”
- French: “Ronquières”
- German: “Ronquières”
- Hebrew: “רונקיאר”
- Hungarian: “Ronquières”
- Irish: “Ronquières”
- Polish: “Ronquières”
- Romanian: “Ronquières”
- Slovenian: “Ronquieres”
- Slovenian: “Ronquières”
- Swedish: “Ronquières”
- Walloon: “Ronkiêre”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mont de l’Escaille and Pied d’Eau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Géry and Ancienne gare de Ronquières.
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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 “Ronquières”. Photo: flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.