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 Haine.

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 known as the Universal Decimal Classification.

River
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The is a river in southern and northern , right tributary of the river . The gave its name to the County of Hainaut, and the present province of Hainaut.

Scenic viewpoint
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spiennes and Cuesmes.

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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
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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.

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”
  • Aymara: “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”
  • Haitian: “Mons”
  • Hebrew: “מונס”
  • Hindi: “माँस”
  • Hindi: “मोंस”
  • 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: “Castrilocus”
  • 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, Belçika”
  • Turkish: “Mons”
  • Ukrainian: “Монс”
  • Urdu: “مونس، بیلجیم”
  • 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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