Chièvres

For the lord of Chièvres, advisor to Emperor Charles V, see William de Croÿ.
Chièvres
Chieuve (Picard)
Municipality
Market Place of Chièvres
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Chièvres in Hainaut
Interactive map of Chièvres
Chièvres
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°35′N 03°48′E / 50.583°N 3.800°E / 50.583; 3.800
CountryBelgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementAth
Government
 • MayorOlivier Hartiel (PS)
 • Governing partyPS - Ecolo
Area
 • Total
47.37 km2 (18.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
6,899
 • Density145.6/km2 (377.2/sq mi)
Postal codes
7950, 7951
NIS code
51014
Area codes068
Websitewww.chievres.be

Chièvres (French pronunciation: [ʃjɛvʁ] ⓘ; Picard: Chieuve) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On January 1, 2018, Chièvres had a total population of 6,899. The total area is 46.91 km2 which gives a population density of 150 inhabitants per km2. Chièvres Air Base is located in the municipality.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Chièvres, Grosage, Huissignies, Ladeuze, Tongre-Saint-Martin, and Tongre-Notre-Dame.

In 1918 the town was delivered by the 5th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders from four years of military occupation during the First World War. The event was commemorated by the naming of one of the town's main streets as Rue Dudley Gordon after the battalion's Lieutenant-Colonel, the Lord Dudley Gordon, who was presented with the key to the town of Chièvres. In return, a present was made to the town of the flag under which the 5th Battalion had fought since 1915.[2] It is twinned with Ellon in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ "DiaryNov18.HTM".
  3. ^ "Armistice 100: Gordon Highlanders to be remembered in Chievres". Ellon Times. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.
  • Media related to Chièvres at Wikimedia Commons


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