Gœgnies-Chaussée

Gœgnies-Chaussée is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Quévy, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The border between Belgium and France runs right through the village, separating the Belgian Gœgnies-Chaussée from the French Gognies-Chaussée.

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Type: Village with 294 residents
Description: section of Quévy, Belgium
Also known as: “Goegnies-Chaussee”, “Goegnies-Chaussée”, and “Gognies-Chaussée”
Postal code: 7040

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Quentin de Gognies-Chaussée and Quévy railway station.

Église Saint-Quentin de Gognies-Chaussée

Church

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Église Saint-Quentin de Gognies-Chaussée is a church.

Quévy railway station

Railway station

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Quévy railway station is situated 2½ km west of Gœgnies-Chaussée.

Ouvrage Les Sarts

Fort

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Ouvrage Les Sarts is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of the border with Belgium. Ouvrage Les Sarts is situated 3½ km southeast of Gœgnies-Chaussée.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Feignies and Harveng.

Feignies

Village

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Feignies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth. Feignies is situated 6 km south of Gœgnies-Chaussée.

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 7 km northeast of Gœgnies-Chaussée.

Nouvelles

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nouvelles 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. Nouvelles is situated 8 km north of Gœgnies-Chaussée.

Gœgnies-Chaussée

Categories: municipality section, border city, town divided by border, and locality
Location: Quévy, Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.34228° or 50° 20′ 32″ north

Longitude

3.9442° or 3° 56′ 39″ east

Population

294

Elevation

139 metres (456 feet)

Open location code

9F258WRV+WM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 420307025

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2797454

Wikidata ID

Q3050343

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Polish—“Gœgnies-Chaussée” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Gœgnies-Chaussée”
Dutch: “Goegnies-Chaussee”
Dutch: “Gœgnies-Chaussee”
Dutch: “Gœgnies-Chaussée”
French: “Gœgnies-Chaussée”
Hungarian: “Goegnies-Chaussée”
Irish: “Goegnies-Chaussée”
Polish: “Gœgnies-Chaussée”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mairie de Gognies-Chaussée and Place de la République.

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