Tournai

Tournai
Doornik (Dutch)

Municipality

Tournai Grand-Place

Flag

Coat of arms

Tournai

Location in Belgium

Location of Tournai in Hainaut

Coordinates: 50°36′N 3°23′E / 50.600°N 3.383°ECoordinates: 50°36′N 3°23′E / 50.600°N 3.383°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Rudy Demotte (PS)

• Governing party/ies

PS-cdH

Area

• Total

213.75 km² (82.53 sq mi)

Population (1 January 2016)

• Total

69,471

• Density

330/km² (840/sq mi)

Postal codes

7500-7548

Area codes

069

Website

www.tournai.be

Tournai (French pronunciation: [tuʁnɛ]; Latin: Tornacum, Picard: Tornai), known in Dutch as Doornik, is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres (53 miles) west-southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut. Tournai is part of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai (metropolitan area), which had 2,155,161 residents in 2008.

Along with Tongeren, Tournai is the oldest city in Belgium and it has played an important role in the country's cultural history.

Tournai is located in the Wallonia region of Belgium, at the southern limit of the Flemish plain, in the basin of the River Scheldt (Escaut in French, Schelde in Dutch). Administratively, the town is part of the Province of Hainaut, itself part of Wallonia. It is also a municipality that is part of the French-speaking Community of Belgium. Tournai has its own arrondissements, both administrative and judicial.

Its area of 213.75 square kilometres (82.53 square miles) makes it the largest municipality in size in Belgium; it is also the largest in population in Western Hainaut. The municipality of Tournai consists of the former municipalities of Ere, Saint-Maur, Orcq, Esplechin, Froyennes, Froidmont, Willemeau, Ramegnies-Chin, Templeuve, Chercq, Blandain, Hertain, Lamain, Marquain, Gaurain-Ramecroix, Havinnes, Beclers, Thimougies, Barry, Maulde, Vaulx, Vezon, Kain, Melles, Quartes, Rumillies, Mont-Saint-Aubert, Mourcourt and Warchin.

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