Estinnes Explained

Estinnes
Picture-Legend:Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance
Map:Estinnes Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
Map-Legend:Location of Estinnes in Hainaut
Arms:Blason ville be Estinnes.svg
Flag:Flag of Estinnes.svg
Arrondissement:La Louvière
Nis:58003
Mayor:Aurore Tourneur
Majority:EMC, cdH, MR
Postal-Codes:7120
Telephone-Area:064
Web:www.estinnes.be
Coordinates:50.4°N 10°W

Estinnes (in French pronounced as /ɛstin/; L' Estene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Estinnes had a total population of 7,413. The total area is 72.73 km2 which gives a population density of 102 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Estinnes-au-Mont, Estinnes-au-Val, Faurœulx, Haulchin, Peissant, Rouveroy, Vellereille-les-Brayeux, and Vellereille-le-Sec.

Estinnes was the location, on 1 March 744, of the second reform council organized by Saint Boniface.[1]

Near Estinnes is a wind farm with 11 wind turbines of Enercon E-126 type, 198.5 metres (651 ft) high.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dierkens, Alain. Hervé Hasquin. Magie, sorcellerie, parapsychologie. 1984. Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles. Brussels. 9–26. Superstitions, christianisme et paganisma à la fin de l'epoque mérovingienne: A propos de lIndiculus superstitionem et paganiarum.