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.