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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes and Harmignies railway station.
Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes
Archaeological site
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
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harveng and Spiennes.
Harveng
Village
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
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
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″ north
Longitude
4.01779° or 4° 1′ 4″ east
Population
834
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE HRI
Open location code
9F26C259+34
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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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