Ellezelles Explained

Ellezelles
Namenl:Elzele
Map:Ellezelles Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
Map-Legend:The municipality in Ath arrondissement
in the province of Hainaut
Arms:Ellezelles coat of arms.svg
Flag:Flag of Ellezelles.svg
Arrondissement:Ath
Nis:51017
Mayor:Idesbalde Cauchie (cdH)
(LB)
Majority:Liste du Bourgmestre (LB) - Ecolo
Parties:MR
Ecolo
PS
Liste du Bourgmestre
Seats:17
3
2
4
8
Sections-Name:Ellezelles
Lahamaide
Wodecq
Sections-Postal:7890
7890
7890
Postal-Codes:7890
Telephone-Area:068
Web:www.ellezelles.be
Coordinates:50.7333°N 44°W

Ellezelles (in French pronounced as /ɛlzɛl/; Dutch; Flemish: Elzele; Elzîle; Walloon: Elziele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It consists of the following districts: Ellezelles, Lahamaide, and Wodecq. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.

The village archives contain a document "attesting" to the birth of Hercule Poirot on 1 April 1850.[1]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hercule Poirot. Ellezelles.be. June 10, 2018.
  2. Egmont, Lamoral, Count of . 9 . Edmundson . George . George Edmundson . 18 - 19 . 1 .