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Ellezelles
Elzîle (Picard)
Elzele (Dutch)
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 Ellezelles
Location in Belgium
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| Country | Belgium | ||
| Community | French Community | ||
| Region | Wallonia | ||
| Province | Hainaut | ||
| Arrondissement | Ath | ||
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| • Total | 44.69 km2 (17.25 sq mi) | ||
| Population
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| Postal codes |
7890
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| Area codes | 068 | ||
| Website | www.ellezelles.be | ||
Ellezelles (French pronunciation: [ɛlzɛl]; Dutch: Elzele; Picard: Elzîle; Walloon: Elziele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
It consists of the following districts: Ellezelles, Lahamaide, and Wodecq. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.
The village archives contain a document "attesting" to the birth of Hercule Poirot on 1 April 1850.
Notable people
- Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (1522 in La Hamaide near Ellezelles – executed in 1568) a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War.
- Richard Ely (born 1974 in Ellezelles) a Belgian writer, journalist and ethnobotanist.
See also
In Spanish: Ellezelles para niños
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