French Hainaut

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French Hainaut is the western, French-speaking portion of the historic Hainaut region, now located in northern France near the Belgian border.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
French Hainaut canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
administrativeOverlap arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe
surface form: Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe

arrondissement of Cambrai
surface form: Arrondissement of Cambrai

arrondissement of Valenciennes
surface form: Arrondissement of Valenciennes
annexationPeriod 17th century
borderRegionOf France–Belgium border
borderWith Belgium
country France
culturalHeritage Hainaut cuisine
Hainaut folklore
Hainaut traditions
culturalLink Belgian Hainaut NERFINISHED
hasUrbanArea Valenciennes metropolitan area
historicalConflictZone Franco-Spanish conflicts
surface form: Franco-Spanish wars
historicalEconomicActivity coal mining
steel industry
textile industry
historicalLanguage Picard
Walloon
historicalRegionOf County of Hainaut NERFINISHED
historicalReligion Roman Catholicism
historicalTreatyAffectingBorders Treaty of Nijmegen
Treaty of the Pyrenees
language French
locatedIn Hauts-de-France
Nord department
northern France
majorCity Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Cambrai ONNED1
Condé-sur-l’Escaut
Denain
Maubeuge ONNED1
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Valenciennes
partOf French-Belgian cross-border basin
Hainaut
regionType cross-border region
river Escaut NERFINISHED
Sambre
Scheldt NERFINISHED
sharesHistoryWith Belgian Hainaut NERFINISHED
wasAnnexedBy France
wasPartOf County of Hainaut NERFINISHED
Southern Netherlands

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

Hainaut hasPart French Hainaut
Valenciennes historicalRegion French Hainaut