Antoing
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Antoing ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx) 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.
HistoryEdit
The Battle of Fontenoy, a major battle in the War of Austrian Succession, was fought near Fontenoy village on 11 May 1745.
Places of interestEdit
- Antoing Castle, originally from the 12th century, restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Antoing.01.jpg
Antoing Castle, castle of the Princes de Ligne (13th - 16th centuries)
- Antoing, toren van de l'église Saint-Pierre foto5 2013-05-09 11.23.jpg
Churchtower (l'église Saint-Pierre)
- Antoing-Calonne, industrieterrein langs de Schelde IMG 6421 2023-06-04 14.12.jpg
Calonne, industrial area along the Scheldt
Famous inhabitantsEdit
- Raoul Cauvin, comics writer, was born in Antoing in 1938
ReferencesEdit
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