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Municipality in French Community, Belgium
Binche
Municipality
Binche, the old city and its surrounding wallBinche, the old city and its surrounding wall
Flag of BincheFlagCoat of arms of BincheCoat of arms
Location of Binche
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementThuin
Government
 • MayorLaurent Devin (PS)
 • Governing party/iesPS, MR, independent
Population
 • Total33,598
Postal codes7130, 7131, 7133, 7134
NIS code56011
Area codes064
Websitewww.binche.be

Binche is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Binche had a total population of 32,409. The total area is 60.66 km² which gives a population density of 534 inhabitants per km². Since 1977, the municipality of Binche has gathered the town of Binche itself with seven old municipalities : Bray, Buvrinnes, Epinois, Leval-Trahegnies, Péronnes-lez-Binche, Ressaix et Waudrez.

In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

The motto of the city is "Plus Oultre" (meaning "Further" in Old French), which was the motto of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who in 1545 gave the medieval castle of Binche to his sister, Queen Mary of Hungary, Governess of the Netherlands. She lavished attention on Binche, which she had rebuilt under the direction of an architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq, remembered today as the first master of Giambologna. The château, intended to rival Fontainebleau, was destroyed by the soldiers of Henry II of France in 1554.

Plus Oultre, the city motto, here as part of the carnival fireworks set-up, with Collegiale St Ursmer in background
Queen Mary of Hungary receiving her brother, Emperor Charles V, at her castle in Binche.

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External links (in French)

References

  1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. Also spelt Binch in some English sources.
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