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Chimay
Sign in to savethumb|right|upright=1.25|Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Chimay (, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is the source of the Oise River.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Chimay
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Chimay2025.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Chimay: Grand Place
- Belgium municipality.map
- Chimay Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Chimay in Hainaut
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Chimay (Thuin).svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Chimay.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Hainaut
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Thuin
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 56016
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Denis Danvoye (cdH)(CLE)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Construisons l'Avenir Ensemble (CLE)
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 6460, 6461, 6462, 6463, 6464
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 060
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.ville-de-chimay.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Demonym
- Chimacien
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Thuin
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 9841
- Area
- 197.10
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Eau Blanche
- Shares border with
- Regniowez
- Official website
- www.ville-de-chimay.be
- Image
- Chimay.jpg
- Dialing code
- 060
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- native label
- Chimay
- different from
- Chiny
- language used
- French
- P12749
- Richard Oswald
- P13200
- Nuuk
- P8168
- San Francisco Opera
- topic's main category
- Category:Chimay
- twinned administrative body
- Ramsgate
- Commons category
- Chimay
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chimay
- postal code
- 6483
- annual number of weddings
- 29
- contact page URL
- www.chimayville.be/contact-info
- phone number
- +32-60-30-37-00
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Subdivisions
- Demographics
- Attractions
- Notable people
- Twin cities/towns
- References
- External links
thumb|right|upright=1.25|Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Chimay (, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is the source of the Oise River.
In the administrative district of Thuin, the municipality was created with a merger of 14 communes in 1977. The Trappist monastery of Scourmont Abbey in the town is famous for the Chimay Brewery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chimay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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