Borinage
Sign in to savethumb|right|200 px| Borains (from Jemappes) fired upon by the civic guard of Mons during the [[Belgian general strike of 1893 (Le Petit Journal, May 1893)]]
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Borinage
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- Region of Belgium
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- Typical views of the Borinage
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Wallonia
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- Province
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- Hainaut
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- Belgium
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- 270
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- Location in Belgium
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Rise and fall of coal
- Belgian general strikes
- ''Misère au Borinage''
- Present-day Borinage
- References
thumb|right|200 px| Borains (from Jemappes) fired upon by the civic guard of Mons during the [[Belgian general strike of 1893 (Le Petit Journal, May 1893)]]
The Borinage () is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium. The name derives from the coal mines of the region, bores, meaning mineshafts in local dialect. The region formed part of the wider industrial belt known as the Sillon industriel. In French, the inhabitants of the Borinage are called Borains.