Fleurus, Hainaut, Belgium

E119614
human settlement municipality

Fleurus is a historic municipality in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium, best known as the site of several major European battles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fleurus, Austrian Netherlands 1
Fleurus, Hainaut, Belgium canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType municipality of Belgium ⓘ
belongsTo Province of Hainaut ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 50.47°N 4.55°E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
elevationApprox about 160 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasBattlefield Fleurus 1622 battlefield ⓘ
Fleurus 1690 battlefield ⓘ
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ⓘ
surface form: Fleurus 1794 battlefield
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual or periodic events remembering the Battle of Fleurus (1794) ⓘ
hasHeritage historic battlefield site ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent site of multiple early modern and Napoleonic battles ⓘ
hasLandmark Memorials related to the Battle of Ligny (1815) ⓘ
Monuments to the Battle of Fleurus (1794) ⓘ
Tour de la Paix (Peace Tower) ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusSince Belgian municipal reforms of 1977 ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Fleurus railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Church of Saint-Victor, Fleurus ⓘ
historicalRegion Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Southern Netherlands ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Fleurus (1622) ⓘ
Battle of Fleurus (1690) ⓘ
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ⓘ
Battle of Ligny ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Ligny (1815)
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
Hainaut ⓘ
Sambre valley region ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
locatedNear Brussels South Charleroi Airport ⓘ
Charleroi ⓘ
near Battle of Ligny ⓘ
surface form: Ligny

Sambre ⓘ
surface form: Sambre River
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Arrondissement of Charleroi ⓘ
postalCode 6220 ⓘ
region Wallonia ⓘ
surface form: Walloon Region
roadJunctionOf N29 ⓘ
N568 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Fleurus (1794) → presentDayMunicipality → Fleurus, Hainaut, Belgium ⓘ
tethered balloon L’Entreprenant → locationOfUse → Fleurus, Hainaut, Belgium ⓘ
subject surface form: L’Entreprenant
this entity surface form: Fleurus, Austrian Netherlands