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Encyclopedia > Beloeil

see also the much larger Beloeil, Quebec


Beloeil is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1st, 2004 Beloeil had a total population of 13,395 (6,557 males and 6,838 females). The total area is 61.55 population density of 217.64 inhabitants per kmē.




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Beloeil (296 words)
Beloeil was first opened to settlement in the first quarter of the 18th century.
The increase of population which ensued was partly responsible for the incorporation of the city in 1914.
Beloeil, which loosely translated means "beautiful eye," was probably given to the place by Jean-Baptiste Hertel in 1693.
The Town of Beloeil, Belgium (432 words)
Beloeil Castle where the twinning documents between Maybole and the Belgian town of Beloeil were signed.
The town of Quevaucamps, in the province of Hainaut, is located halfway between Tournai and Mons, at the northern edge of the highway to Wallonia, gateway of connection between the industrial centers of Liege, Namur, Charleroi, Mons and the North Sea.
The principal body of the building, transformed many times during centuries, was burnt in 1900 and rebuilt in 1902, on the foundations of the old one by the French architect Samson.
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