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Anvaing

Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
Coat of arms
Frasnes-lez-Anvaing is located in Belgium
Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
Location in Belgium
Location of Frasnes-lez-Anvaing in Hainaut
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Coordinates: 50°41′N 03°38′E / 50.683°N 3.633°E / 50.683; 3.633Coordinates: 50°41′N 03°38′E / 50.683°N 3.633°E / 50.683; 3.633
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Hainaut
Arrondissement Ath
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Luc Crucke
 • Governing party/ies MR
Area
 • Total 112.44 km2 (43.41 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017)
 • Total 11,752
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal codes 7910-7912
Area codes 069
Website www.frasnes-lez-anvaing.be

Frasnes-lez-Anvaing is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2007 the municipality had 11,077 inhabitants. The total area is 112.44 km², giving a population density of 98.5 inhabitants per km². Since the beginning of 1977 it has been the center of the community that includes the municipality of Frasnes-lez-Buissenal, and the former municipalities of Arc, Ainières, Wattripont, Forest, Anvaing, Buissenal, Moustier, Oeudeghien, Ellignies, Dergneau, Saint-Sauveur, Hacquegnies, and Herquegies.

In August 2012, the funeral of Countess Alix de Lannoy, mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy, was held in Frasnes, attended by members of the Luxembourg and Belgian royal families.



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