Editing Seneffe

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Seneffe
|native_name     = {{native_name|wa|Sinefe}}
|picture         = Seneffe 050813 (26).jpg
|picture-legend  = Château de Seneffe
|map             = Seneffe_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Seneffe in Hainaut
|arms            = CommunesBelgique-Seneffe.svg
|flag            = 
|region          = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community       = {{BE-FR}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Soignies|Soignies]]
|nis             = 55085
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date =
|mayor           = Bénédicte Poll ([[Reformist Movement|MR]])<br />(LB)
|majority        = LB - [[Ecolo]]
|postal-codes    = 7180, 7181
|telephone-area  = 064
|web             = [http://www.seneffe.be/ www.seneffe.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|31|N|04|15|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Seneffe''' ({{IPA|fr|sənɛf|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Seneffe.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Sinefe}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]. 

On 1 January 2006 Seneffe had a total population of 10,743. The total area is 62.77&nbsp;km² which gives a [[population density]] of 171 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Arquennes]], [[Familleureux]], [[Feluy]], [[Petit-Rœulx-lez-Nivelles]], and Seneffe.

The [[Château de Seneffe]], now a museum belonging to the [[French Community of Belgium]], is located in the municipality.

Seneffe was the site of [[Battle of Seneffe|a battle]] in 1674 between French and Dutch armies during the [[Franco-Dutch War]].

== British Leyland ==
Between 1965 and 1982 Seneffe was the location of a car plant belonging to [[British Leyland]], which in its later years assembled models including the [[Mini]] and the [[Austin Allegro]] from crated kits shipped from the company's [[Cowley, Oxford|Cowley]] facility.<ref name=Autocar197206>{{cite magazine| title = Deeper into Europe|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] | volume =  136 (nbr 3975)| pages =2–3 |date = 22 June 1972}}</ref>  A significant milestone was reached in June 1977 when the plant produced its 500,000th vehicle, an [[Austin Allegro|Austin Allegro 1300 Special]].<ref name=Autocar197706>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] |volume = 146 (nbr 4205) |title = News: Belgians build ½-millionth Leyland|page=19| date = 11 June 1977}}</ref>  The Seneffe plant was closed in 1982 as the company's aging model range lost market share across Europe, with further loss of demand resulting from the depressed state of the UK economy at the time.   With alternative employment opportunities limited, the plant closure triggered considerable bitterness locally.

== Monuments ==
* [[Seneffe Castle]]
* [[Feluy Castle]]: Residence of [[Philippe François de Berghes, 1st Prince of Grimberghen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chateaudefeluy.be/|title=Chateau Fort de Feluy|website=www.chateaudefeluy.be}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archives.wallonie.be/ark:/44119/1fzml2jhb5dv Site of the Walloon regional archives. Inside the Water Centre of Seneffe. Photographs from 1995]
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Seneffe
|N  = [[Nivelles]] ([[Walloon Brabant|WBR]])
|E  = [[Pont-à-Celles]]
|SE = [[Courcelles, Belgium|Courcelles]]
|S  = [[Manage, Belgium|Manage]], [[Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont]]
|SW = [[La Louvière]]
|W  = [[Écaussinnes]]<br/>[[Le Rœulx]]
|NW = [[Braine-le-Comte]]
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]