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Hainaut, County of
The County of Hainaut is a historical lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire, with its capital at Mons (Dutch: Bergen).
In English sources it is often given the archaic spelling Hainault.
The name comes from the river Haine (Dutch: Hene, German: Henne), which also leads to the German name Grafschaft Hennegau for the County of Hainault.Its most important cities are Mons (Bergen), Cambrai (Dutch: Kamerijk) and Charleroi.
It consists of what is now the Belgian province of Hainaut and the southern part of the French département Nord.
Member Cities
- Mons (Bergen) Hainault Belgium Capital
- Alphen aan den Rijn Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Arras > Nemetocenna Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Athis Mons Ile-de-France France Location
- Brouwershaven Zeeland Netherlands Location
- Bruges > Brugge West-Vlaanderen Belgium Location
- Brussels > Bruxelles Brussels Belgium Location
- Bèthune Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Chimay Hainault Belgium Location
- Condè sur l'Escaut Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Dijon Bourgogne France Location
- Dordrecht Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Douai Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Edam Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Gouda Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Hadleigh Essex United Kingdom Location
- Halle Vlaams-Brabant Belgium Location
- Innsbruck Tirol Austria Location
- Kortrijk (Courtrai) West-Vlaanderen Belgium Location
- Le Quesnoy Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Leiden Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Lille Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Meaux Ile-de-France France Location
- Middelburg Zeeland Netherlands Location
- Milan > Milano > Mediolanum Lombardia Italy Location
- Mons-en-Pévèle Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Orchies Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Paris Ile-de-France France Location
- Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Sens Bourgogne France Location
- Sint Maartensdijk Zeeland Netherlands Location
- Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands Location
- Valenciennes Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Veere Zeeland Netherlands Location
- Vlaardingen Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Warns Friesland Netherlands Location
- Zierikzee Zeeland Netherlands Location