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The Borinage is the name of an industrial region in the Belgian province of Hainaut, surrounding Mons and extending to the French border.
The wealth of the entire Borinage depended heavily on this industry, with the apex lying in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The coal is found in five principal basins: the Borinage Basin, the Central Basin, and the Charleroi and Liege basins, which are all located in the Sambre-Meuse valleys, and the Campine Basin, located near the Netherlands border.
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