Maisières
Maisières is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 3,990 residents
- Description: municipality section, Belgium
- Also known as: “Maisieres” and “Nimy-Maisières”
- Postal code: 7020
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Martin and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Military installation
Photo: Ex13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe is the military headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Command Operations that commands all NATO operations worldwide.
Mundaneum
Museum
Photo: Mr N, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mundaneum was an institution which aimed to gather together all the world's knowledge and classify it according to a system called the Universal Decimal Classification. Mundaneum is situated 3½ km south of Maisières.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nimy and Obourg.
Nimy
Village
Nimy is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1972. On 1 January 1972, it was merged into Mons.
Obourg
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Obourg is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1972. In 1964, Saint-Denis was merged into Obourg. On 1 January 1972, Obourg was merged into Mons. Obourg is situated 3½ km southeast of Maisières.
Casteau
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Casteau originated as a village in the Hainaut province of Wallonia, in the French speaking south of Belgium. Casteau has become a district of the municipality of Soignies, centred around Soignies, and together with the former villages, now districts: Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Horrues, Naast, Neufvilles, and Thieusies. Casteau is situated 4 km northeast of Maisières.
Maisières
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Mons, Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.49015° or 50° 29′ 25″ northLongitude
3.96276° or 3° 57′ 46″ eastPopulation
3,990Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE MSROpen location code
9F25FXR7+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 388508668OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Walloon—“Maisières” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Мэзьер”
- Catalan: “Maisières”
- Cebuano: “Maisières”
- Chinese: “迈西耶尔”
- Dutch: “Maisieres”
- Dutch: “Maisières”
- French: “Maisieres”
- French: “Maisières”
- Hungarian: “Maisières”
- Irish: “Maisières”
- Polish: “Maisières (Mons)”
- Polish: “Maisières”
- Russian: “Мезьер”
- Swedish: “Maisières”
- Walloon: “Maîsiéres”
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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 “Maisières”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.