Borinage
The Borinage is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium. The name derives from the coal mines of the region, bores, meaning mineshafts in local dialect.
- Region
- …lies at an elevation of 60 metres (197 feet)
- …is also known as “Le Borinage”
- Description: area in Belgium
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand-Hornu and Saint-Ghislain railway station.
Saint-Ghislain railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasmes and Colfontaine.
Colfontaine
Town
Borinage
- Category: cultural area
- Location
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Latitude
50.41667° or 50° 25′ north
Longitude
3.83333° or 3° 50′ east
Open location code
9F25CR8M+M8
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Walloon—“Borinage” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Borinage”
- Breton: “Borinage”
- Catalan: “Borinage”
- Central Kurdish: “بۆریناج”
- Chinese: “博里纳日”
- Czech: “Borinage”
- Danish: “Borinage”
- Dutch: “Borinage”
- Esperanto: “Borinage”
- French: “Borinage”
- German: “Borinage”
- Greek: “Μπορινάζ”
- Haitian: “Borinaj”
- Hebrew: “בורינאז‘”
- Hebrew: “בורינאז’”
- Indonesian: “Borinage”
- Irish: “Borinage”
- Italian: “Borinage”
- Japanese: “ボリナージュ”
- Picard: “Borinage”
- Portuguese: “Borinage”
- Slovak: “Borinage”
- Swedish: “Borinage”
- Turkish: “Borinage”
- Walloon: “Borinaedje”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grand Hornu and Bois de l’Évêque.
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