Quiévrain
Quiévrain
Kievrin (Picard) | |
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Arrondissement | Mons |
Government | |
• Mayor | Véronique Damée (MR) (Changer) |
• Governing party/ies | Changer |
Area | |
• Total | 21.48 km2 (8.29 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 6,759 |
• Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 7380, 7382 |
NIS code | 53068 |
Area codes | 065 |
Website | www.quievrain.be |
Quiévrain (French pronunciation: [kjevʁɛ̃] ⓘ; Picard: Kievrin) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 6,559 inhabitants. The total area is 21.22 km2, giving a population density of 309 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Audregnies, Baisieux, and Quiévrain.
Quiévrain is the border crossing point on the old main Paris-Brussels railway line. As a result, Belgians humorously refer to France (and vice versa) as outre-Quiévrain (beyond Quiévrain).[2]
In the closing days of the First World War, Quiévrain was liberated by the Canadian Expeditionary Force on November 7, 1918, and marks the starting point of the Canadian Route of Remembrance in Belgium.[3]
Revolutions of 1848
Shortly after the
The first group, travelling by train, was stopped and quickly disarmed at Quiévrain on 26 March 1848.
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ À Quiévrain, la gare frontière -Les cahiers de l'urbanisme - no. 40-41 - Septembre 2002 pp. 144-145 consultables sur google book « Quiévrain devint donc un lieu de passage fréquenté pour les relations franco-belges, où tous les voyageurs devaient s'arrêter et se soumettre au contrôle de la douane. Cette fonction transparaît notamment dans divers témoignages relatifs à des personnalités du XIXe siècle telles Victor Hugo, Verlaine ou Rimbaud. De là vient l'expression "outre-Quiévrain", encore couramment utilisée pour qualifier le pays voisin. »
- ^ "Canadian Route of Remembrance in Belgium, 1918". Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
- ^ Chastain, James. "Belgium in 1848". Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions. Ohio University. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ISBN 1862072906.
External links
- Media related to Quiévrain at Wikimedia Commons