Tournai

Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.

cathedral

Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, 90 kilometres southwest of the centre of Brussels, Belgium.

The Tournaisian is in the ICS geologic timescale the lowest stage or oldest age of the Mississippian, the oldest subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Tournaisian age lasted from Ma to Ma. It is preceded by the Famennian (the uppermost stage of the Devonian) and is followed by the Viséan. In global stratigraphy, the Tournaisian contains two substages: the Hastarian (lower Tournaisian) and Ivorian (upper Tournaisian). These two substages were originally designated as European regional stages.

thumb|200px|right|location of the Tournaisis The Tournaisis (or Tournai and the Tournaisis) was a small territory in the Low Countries, Independent during the Middle Ages, it consisted of the city of Tournai () and the surrounding area, which now forms part of Hainaut Province, in Belgium.

Typical bread of Nord-Pas de Calais

art museum in Tournai, Belgium

French-Belgian Euroregion

thumb|Église Saint-Amand in Marquain Marquain () is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

polyphonic setting of the mass from 14th century France

building in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium

railway station in Belgium

Lamain (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

section of Tournai, Belgium

right|thumb|Saint-Maria-Magdalenachurch Rumillies () is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Gaurain-Ramecroix is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

square in Tournai, Belgium

section of Tournai, Belgium

Mont-Saint-Aubert () is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.