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Écaussinnes (French pronunciation: ​[ekosin]; Picard: Les Scassenes; Walloon: Les Scåssenes) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Écaussinnes Les Scåssenes (Walloon)
Municipality
Écaussinnes-Lalaing Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Écaussinnes
Écaussinnes Location in Belgium Location of Écaussinnes in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°34′N 04°11′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Soignies
Government
• Mayor	Xavier Dupont (PS)
• Governing party/ies	Vivre Écausinnes (VÉ), MR-CHE, ECOLO
Area
• Total	34.86 km2 (13.46 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	11,135
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Postal codes	7190, 7191
Area codes	067
Website	www.ecaussinnes.be

On 1 January 2018 Écaussinnes had a total population of 11,135. The total area is 34.77 km² which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Écaussinnes-d'Enghien, Écaussinnes-Lalaing, and Marche-lez-Écaussinnes.

The city hosts the "Oberbayern" Festival each year in August, and hosted the Spring Blues Festival from 1988 to 2013.

History

To be expanded

Nearly 100 local citizens were saved from being killed by the German army by the intercession of Qian Xiuling. There is a street named Rue Perlinghi in her honour. "Perlinghi" was her married name.^{[citation needed]}

Postal history

The ECAUSSINNES post-office opened on 1 December 1850. It used a postal code 158 with bars (before 1864), and 105 with points before 1874. The ECAUSSINNES-D'ENGHIEN post-office opened on 13 November 1879, MARCHE-LEZ-ECAUSSINNES on 10 May 1880.[2]

Postal codes in 1969:[3] - 7180 Marche-lez-Écaussinnes - 7190 Écaussinnes-d'Enghien - 7191 Écaussinnes-Lalaing

Postal codes since at least 1990: 7190, 7191 Écaussinnes-Lalaing

References

External links

• Media related to Écaussinnes at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Écaussinnes

Écaussinnes ist eine belgische Gemeinde in der Provinz Hennegau. Die Gemeinde besteht aus den Ortsteilen Écaussinnes-d’Enghien, Marche-lez-Écaussinnes und Écaussinnes-Lalaing.

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- [en] Écaussinnes

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[ru] Экоссинн

Экосси́нн — коммуна в Валлонии, расположенная в провинции Эно, округ Суаньи. Принадлежит Французскому языковому сообществу Бельгии. На площади 34,77 км² проживают 9 924 человека (плотность населения — 285 чел./км²), из которых 48,32 % — мужчины и 51,68 % — женщины. Средний годовой доход на душу населения в 2003 году составлял 11 868 евро.

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