Braine-le-Comte (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On January 1, 2018, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 21,649. The total area is which gives a population density of 260 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-le-Comte, Hennuyères, Henripont, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine, Ronquières, and Steenkerque.
The Ronquières inclined plane at the Brussels–Charleroi Canal is in the municipality of Braine-le-Comte.
History On August 3, 1692, during the Nine Years War, the French army defeated a joint English-Dutch-German army in the Battle of Steenkerque in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte.
Postal history
The Braine-le-Comte post-office opened before 1830. It used postal code 22 with bars (before 1864) and 53 with points (before 1874). The Hennuyères post office opened on 6 November 1865. It used postal code 161 with points (before 1874). The Ronquières post office opened on 10 January 1895.Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, NIPA, Antwerp, 1999.
Postal codes in 1969:Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles. 1969. 7198 Ronquières 7199 Henripont 7490 Braine-le-Comte 7491 Steenkerque 7492 Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine 7498 Hennuyères
Notable people Eden Hazard, Belgian international footballer Thorgan Hazard, Belgian international footballer Kylian Hazard, Belgian international footballer Father Damien, a Roman Catholic Saint that attended the College of Braine-le-Comte in 1858
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