Blaton
Blaton is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bernissart located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was formerly a separate municipality until it merged in 1977.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Village with 4,260 residents
- Description: section of Bernissart, Wallonia, Belgium
- Postal code: 7321
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blaton railway station and Forest of Bonsecours.
Forest of Bonsecours
Nature reserve
Photo: FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forest of Bonsecours is a nature reserve.
Harchies railway station
Railway stop
Photo: ZOTHOP2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harchies railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Blaton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grandglise and Basècles.
Grandglise
Village
Photo: Herpoel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grandglise is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Blaton.
Basècles
Village
Photo: Noeumoulin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Basècles is a village and district of the municipality of Beloeil, located in the Hainaut Province in Wallonia, Belgium. The village history goes back at least to 1040, when Emperor Henry III donated the village to the Abbey of Ghislenghien. Basècles is situated 3 km north of Blaton.
Harchies
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Harchies is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bernissart located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 1964, it merged with Bernissart, and then, in 1977, the latter merged again with several neighboring municipalities to form the current municipality, during the municipality mergers in Belgium. Harchies is situated 3½ km southeast of Blaton.
Blaton
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Bernissart, Arrondissement of Ath, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.50044° or 50° 30′ 2″ northLongitude
3.66088° or 3° 39′ 39″ eastPopulation
4,260Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE BLTOpen location code
9F25GM26+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 506142776OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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 “Blaton”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.