Harmignies
Harmignies 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.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes and St Symphorien Military Cemetery.
Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes
Archaeological site
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes is situated 3 km northwest of Harmignies.
St Symphorien Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
The St Symphorien Military Cemetery is a First World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Saint-Symphorien, Belgium. It contains the graves of 284 German and 229 Commonwealth soldiers, principally those killed during the Battle of Mons. St Symphorien Military Cemetery is situated 3 km north of Harmignies.
Nouvelles Communal Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nouvelles Communal Cemetery is situated 4 km west of Harmignies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harveng and Spiennes.
Harveng
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Harveng 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. Harveng is situated 2½ km southwest of Harmignies.
Spiennes
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spiennes is a small village with about a thousand inhabitants in Wallonia, close to Mons. The town itself is mostly an attraction for what it once was, that being the foremost Neolithic production centre of pre-historic Europe.
Villers-Saint-Ghislain
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Villers-Saint-Ghislain 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. Villers-Saint-Ghislain is situated 3 km northeast of Harmignies.
Harmignies
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Mons, Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.40765° or 50° 24′ 28″ northLongitude
4.01779° or 4° 1′ 4″ eastPopulation
834Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE HRIOpen location code
9F26C259+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 416327371OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Walloon—“Harmignies” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хармигниес”
- Catalan: “Harmignies”
- Cebuano: “Harmignies”
- Chinese: “哈米尼斯”
- Dutch: “Harmignies”
- French: “Harmignies”
- Hungarian: “Harmignies”
- Irish: “Harmignies”
- Latin: “Harminiacum”
- Polish: “Harmignies”
- Russian: “Арминьи”
- Swedish: “Harmignies”
- Walloon: “Armégnî”
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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 “Harmignies”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.