Antoing

Antoing Antweon (Picard)
Municipality
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Flag of Antoing Flag Coat of arms of Antoing Coat of arms
Antoing is located in Belgium Antoing Antoing Location in Belgium File:Antoing Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
Coordinates: 50°34′N 03°27′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Tournai
Government
• Mayor	Bernard Bauwens
Area
• Total	31.33 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Postal codes	7640-7643
NIS code	57003
Area codes	069

Antoing (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twɛ̃] ; Picard: Antweon) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Antoing, Bruyelle, Calonne, Fontenoy, Maubray, and Péronnes-lez-Antoing.

History

The Battle of Fontenoy, a major battle in the War of Austrian Succession, was fought near Fontenoy village on 11 May 1745.

Places of interest

• Antoing Castle, originally from the 12th century, restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century

• Antoing Castle, castle of the Princes de Ligne (13th - 16th centuries)
  Antoing Castle, castle of the Princes de Ligne (13th - 16th centuries)
• Churchtower (l'église Saint-Pierre)
  Churchtower (l'église Saint-Pierre)
• Calonne, industrial area along the Scheldt
  Calonne, industrial area along the Scheldt

Famous inhabitants

• Raoul Cauvin, comics writer, was born in Antoing in 1938

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Antoing at Wikimedia Commons