Dour
Dour is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 16,810 inhabitants. The total area is 33.32 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 16,900 residents
- Description: municipality in Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “53020” and “Dour, Belgium”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Terril Saint Antoine Vedette and Hainin railway station.
Terril Saint Antoine Vedette
Peak
Photo: Mario52, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terril Saint Antoine Vedette is a peak.
Hainin railway station
Railway stop
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hainin railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 3½ km north of Dour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boussu and Colfontaine.
Boussu
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Boussu is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. As of January 1, 2006, Boussu had a population of 20,058. The total area is 20.01 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussu and Hornu. Boussu is situated 4½ km north of Dour.
Colfontaine
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Colfontaine is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 20,021 inhabitants. The total area is 13.62 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Pâturages, Warquignies, Wasmes. Colfontaine is situated 5 km east of Dour.
Wasmes
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Wasmes is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Colfontaine, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In January 1879 Vincent van Gogh temporarily moved to the village, in the hamlet of Petit Wasmes, to take up a post as missionary. Wasmes is situated 5 km northeast of Dour.
Dour
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.3964° or 50° 23′ 47″ northLongitude
3.7787° or 3° 46′ 43″ eastPopulation
16,900Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)Open location code
9F259QWH+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 477168724OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2799227Wikidata ID
Q665938
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Dour” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dour”
- Breton: “Dour”
- Bulgarian: “Дур”
- Catalan: “Dour”
- Cebuano: “Dour (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Dour”
- Chinese: “杜尔”
- Danish: “Dour”
- Dutch: “Dour”
- Esperanto: “Dour”
- French: “Dour”
- German: “Dour”
- Hungarian: “Dour”
- Irish: “Dour”
- Italian: “Dour”
- Japanese: “ドゥール”
- Latin: “Durnum”
- Limburgan: “Dour”
- Luxembourgish: “Dour”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dour”
- Norwegian: “Dour”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Dour”
- Persian: “دور”
- Picard: “Doû”
- Polish: “Dour”
- Portuguese: “Dour”
- Romanian: “Dour”
- Russian: “Дур”
- Slovak: “Dour”
- Slovenian: “Dour”
- Spanish: “Dour”
- Swedish: “Dour (kommun i Belgien)”
- Swedish: “Dour”
- Turkish: “Dour”
- Ukrainian: “Дур”
- Vietnamese: “Dour”
- Volapük: “Dour”
- Walloon: “Doû”
- Waray (Philippines): “Dour”
- Zeeuws: “Dour”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include City hall and City Cinema.
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