Spiennes

Spiennes is a small village with about a thousand inhabitants in , close to . The town itself is mostly an attraction for what it once was, that being the foremost Neolithic production centre of pre-historic Europe.
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  • Type: Village with 949 residents
  • Description: Belgian locality
  • Postal code: 7032

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes and Trouille.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the village of Spiennes, southeast of , Belgium.

River
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
is a river.

Cemetery
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
The is a First World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in . It contains the graves of 284 German and 229 Commonwealth soldiers, principally those killed during the Battle of Mons.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mons and Hyon.

Photo: Fred LEPOINT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

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

Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , , . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons.

Spiennes

Latitude
50.4255° or 50° 25′ 32″ north
Longitude
3.9869° or 3° 59′ 13″ east
Population
949
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE SPS
Open location code
9F25CXGP+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 420306817
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2786283
Wiki­data ID
Q913623
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Walloon—“Spiennes” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Старажытныя шахты Сп’ен”
  • Bulgarian: “Спиенес”
  • Catalan: “Spiennes”
  • Cebuano: “Spiennes”
  • Chinese: “斯皮耶讷”
  • Croatian: “Spiennes”
  • Czech: “Spiennes”
  • Dutch: “Spiennes”
  • Finnish: “Spiennes”
  • French: “Spiennes”
  • Georgian: “სპიენი”
  • German: “Spiennes”
  • Hebrew: “ספיין”
  • Hungarian: “Spiennes”
  • Irish: “Spiennes”
  • Italian: “Spiennes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Spiennes”
  • Norwegian: “Spiennes”
  • Polish: “Spiennes”
  • Portuguese: “Spiennes”
  • Romanian: “Spiennes”
  • Russian: “Спьен”
  • Russian: “Спьенн”
  • Serbian: “Спијен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Spiennes”
  • Slovak: “Spiennes”
  • Spanish: “Spiennes”
  • Swedish: “Spiennes”
  • Turkish: “Spiennes”
  • Walloon: “Spiene”

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