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Soignies
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Soignies (; , ; ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Key facts

Belgium municipality.name
Soignies
Belgium municipality.namenl
Zinnik
Belgium municipality.picture
Soignies JPG001.jpg
Belgium municipality.picture legend
The Collegiate Church of St. Vincent (10th century) and the Place Verte
Belgium municipality.map
Soignies Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend
Location of Soignies in Hainaut
Belgium municipality.arms
CommunesBelgique-Soignies.svg
Belgium municipality.flag
Soignies_Belgium.svg
Belgium municipality.province
Hainaut
Belgium municipality.arrondissement
Soignies
Belgium municipality.nis
55040
Belgium municipality.mayor
Fabienne Winckel (PS)
Belgium municipality.majority
PS, MR, Ecolo
Belgium municipality.postal codes
7060-7063
Belgium municipality.telephone area
065/067
Belgium municipality.web
www.soignies.be

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Ville de Soignies

soignies.be

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Saint Vincent
  • The age of the canons
  • 1789–present
  • Sights
  • Festivities
  • Sport
  • People born in Soignies
  • References
  • External links

Soignies (; , ; ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It consists of the following districts: Casteau, Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Horrues, Naast, Neufvilles, Soignies and Thieusies. Casteau is known worldwide because SHAPE, the military headquarters of NATO, has been based at the village since 1967.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soignies” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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On the map

3 mapped locations