Wallonia
Hainaut
Arrondissement of Mons

Mons

Mons is the capital of the province of , in the region of . The town is a worthy place to base yourself for a multi-day exploration of the Hainaut region.
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  • Type: City with 92,700 residents
  • Description: city in Wallonia, Belgium
  • Also known as: “53053”, “Bergen”, and “Mons, Belgium”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mundaneum and Belfry of Mons.

Museum
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The was an institution which aimed to gather together all the world's knowledge and classify it according to a system called the Universal Decimal Classification.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is one of the more recent among the belfries of Belgium and France. At a height of 87 metres, it dominates the city of Mons, Belgium, which is itself constructed on a hill.

Railway station
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in Mons, , Belgium. The station opened on 19 December 1841 on railway lines 96, 97 and 118. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spiennes and Cuesmes.

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village with about a thousand inhabitants in , 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.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the , , . It was a separate municipality until 1972. On 1 January 1972, it was merged into Mons.

Village
is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the , , . It was a separate municipality until 1972. On 1 January 1972, it was merged into Mons.

Mons

Latitude
50.455° or 50° 27′ 18″ north
Longitude
3.952° or 3° 57′ 7″ east
Population
92,700
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
Open location code
9F25FX32+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 893278148
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2790871
Wiki­data ID
Q83407
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Mons” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bergen”
  • Afrikaans: “Mons”
  • Arabic: “منس”
  • Arabic: “مُنْس”
  • Arabic: “مونس”
  • Armenian: “Մոնս”
  • Asturian: “Mons”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mons”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mоns”
  • Basque: “Mons”
  • Belarusian: “Монс”
  • Bengali: “মন্স”
  • Breton: “Mons”
  • Bulgarian: “Монс”
  • Catalan: “Mons”
  • Catalan: “Montois(e)”
  • Cebuano: “Mons”
  • Chechen: “Мон (Пюи-де-Дом)”
  • Chinese: “芒斯”
  • Chinese: “蒙斯”
  • Croatian: “Mons”
  • Czech: “Mons”
  • Danish: “Mons”
  • Dutch: “Bergen aan de Hene”
  • Dutch: “Bergen”
  • Dutch: “Mons”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مونس”
  • Esperanto: “Mons”
  • Estonian: “Mons”
  • Finnish: “Mons”
  • French: “Bergen”
  • French: “Mons”
  • Galician: “Mons”
  • German: “Bergen”
  • German: “Mons”
  • Greek: “Μονς”
  • Gujarati: “મોન્સ”
  • Hebrew: “מונס”
  • Hindi: “माँस”
  • Hindi: “मॉन्स”
  • Hungarian: “Mons”
  • Icelandic: “Mons”
  • Ido: “Mons”
  • Indonesian: “Mons, Belgia”
  • Indonesian: “Mons”
  • Interlingue: “Mons”
  • Irish: “Mons”
  • Italian: “Bergen”
  • Italian: “Mons”
  • Japanese: “モンス”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾನ್ಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Монс”
  • Korean: “몽스”
  • Latin: “Mons”
  • Latin: “Montes”
  • Latvian: “Mons”
  • Latvian: “Monsa”
  • Limburgan: “Berge”
  • Lithuanian: “Mons”
  • Lithuanian: “Monsas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mons”
  • Macedonian: “Монс”
  • Malay: “Mons”
  • Manx: “Mons”
  • Marathi: “माँस”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bergen (Belgien)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bergen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mons”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mons i Belgia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mons”
  • Norwegian: “Mons”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mons”
  • Ossetian: “Монс”
  • Persian: “من”
  • Persian: “مون”
  • Picard: “Mon”
  • Picard: “Mont”
  • Piemontese: “Mons (Belgi)”
  • Piemontese: “Mons”
  • Polish: “Mons”
  • Portuguese: “Mons”
  • Romanian: “Bergen”
  • Romanian: “Mons”
  • Russian: “Монс”
  • Serbian: “Монс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mons”
  • Silesian: “Mons”
  • Sinhala: “මොන්ස්, බෙල්ජියම”
  • Sinhala: “මොන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Mons”
  • Slovenian: “Mons”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Mons”
  • Spanish: “Mons”
  • Swahili: “Mons”
  • Swedish: “Bergen”
  • Swedish: “Mons”
  • Tamil: “மொன்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Моңс”
  • Telugu: “మోన్స్”
  • Thai: “มงส์”
  • Turkish: “Bergen aan de Hene”
  • Turkish: “Bergen”
  • Turkish: “Mons”
  • Ukrainian: “Монс”
  • Urdu: “مونس”
  • Vietnamese: “Mons”
  • Vlaams: “Bergn”
  • Vlaams: “Mons”
  • Volapük: “Mons”
  • Walloon: “Mont”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mons”
  • Welsh: “Mons”
  • Western Frisian: “Bergen”
  • Western Frisian: “Mons”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙斯”
  • Yue Chinese: “蒙斯”
  • Zeeuws: “Bergen (België)”
  • Zeeuws: “Bergen”

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