Enghien





Municipality in French Community, Belgium
































































Enghien



Edingen  (Dutch)

Municipality
StadsbeeldEdingen.jpg

Coat of arms of Enghien
Coat of arms


Enghien is located in Belgium

Enghien

Enghien



Location in Belgium

Location of Enghien in Hainaut


Enghien Hainaut Belgium Map.png



Coordinates: 50°42′N 04°02′E / 50.700°N 4.033°E / 50.700; 4.033Coordinates: 50°42′N 04°02′E / 50.700°N 4.033°E / 50.700; 4.033
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Hainaut
Arrondissement Soignies
Government

 • Mayor Olivier Saint-Amand(Ecolo)
 • Governing party/ies
Ecolo, MR, PS
Area

 • Total 40.59 km2 (15.67 sq mi)
Population
(2018-01-01)[1]

 • Total 13,734
 • Density 340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Postal codes
7850
Area codes 02
Website www.enghien-edingen.be

Enghien (Dutch: Edingen, Walloon: Inguî, West Flemish: Enge) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2006, Enghien had a total population of 11,980. The total area is 40.59 square kilometres (15.67 sq mi), which gives a population density of 295 inhabitants per km².


The municipality comprises the city of Enghien, and the towns of Marcq [fr] (Dutch: Mark) and Petit-Enghien (Dutch: Lettelingen). It is situated on the language border in the country, and restricted language rights are granted to the Dutch speaking minority (so-called language facilities).




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Image gallery


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History


Enghien gave its name to a French duchy and to the commune of Enghien-les-Bains, a suburb of Paris, due to a complex series of family successions: in 1487, Mary of Luxembourg (d. 1547), the only heir of Peter II of Luxembourg (d. 1482), Count of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise and member of one of the branches of the House of Luxembourg, married François de Bourbon-Vendôme (d. 1495), the great-grandfather of King Henry IV of France. Mary of Luxembourg brought as her dowry the fief of Condé-en-Brie (Aisne département, France) and the county of Enghien, among others. These fiefs passed to her grandson Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, uncle of King Henry IV of France, who started the line of the Princes of Condé, the famous cadet branch of the French royal family.


In 1566, the county of Enghien was elevated to a duchy-peerage. However, the necessary registration process was not completed, so the title became extinct at the death of Louis I de Bourbon in 1569. In 1633, Henry II, Prince of Condé, grandson of Louis I de Bourbon, inherited the duchy of Montmorency, near Paris, after the execution of Henri II de Montmorency, brother of his wife Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency. In 1689, King Louis XIV allowed Henry III, Prince of Condé, grandson of Henry II, Prince of Condé, to rename the duchy of Montmorency as "duchy of Enghien", in memory of the duchy of Enghien which the Princes of Condé had lost in 1569 at the death of Louis I de Bourbon.


The city of Montmorency, at the heart of the duchy, continued to be known as "Montmorency", despite the official name change, but the name "Enghien" stuck to the nearby lake and marshland that developed later as a spa resort and was incorporated as the commune of Enghien-les-Bains in the 19th century.



Image gallery




See also


  • Qualitis Science Park


References





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External links







  • Official site

  • Le carillon d'Enghien











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