Antoing facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Antoing Antweon  (Picard)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Antoing Location in Belgium
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Tournai
Area
• Total	31.13 km2 (12.02 sq mi)
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Postal codes	7640-7643
Area codes	069

Antoing (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twɛ̃]; Picard: Antweon) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Antoing, Bruyelle, Calonne, Fontenoy, Maubray, and Péronnes-lez-Antoing.

History

The Battle of Fontenoy, a major battle in the War of Austrian Succession, was fought near Fontenoy village on 11 May 1745.

Places of interest

• Antoing Castle, originally from the 12th century, restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century

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  Antoing Castle, castle of the Princes de Ligne (13th - 16th centuries)

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  Churchtower (l'église Saint-Pierre)

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  Calonne, industrial area along the Scheldt

Famous inhabitants

• Raoul Cauvin, comics writer, was born in Antoing in 1938

See also

In Spanish: Antoing para niños