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thumb|right|upright=1.25|Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Chimay (, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is the source of the Oise River.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Chimay
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Chimay2025.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Chimay: Grand Place
- Belgium municipality.map
- Chimay Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Chimay in Hainaut
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Chimay (Thuin).svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Chimay.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Hainaut
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Thuin
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 56016
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Denis Danvoye (cdH)(CLE)
- Belgium municipality.majority
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- Toponymy
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- Demographics
- Attractions
- Notable people
- Twin cities/towns
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thumb|right|upright=1.25|Bottles of Chimay beer represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Chimay (, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is the source of the Oise River.
In the administrative district of Thuin, the municipality was created with a merger of 14 communes in 1977. The Trappist monastery of Scourmont Abbey in the town is famous for the Chimay Brewery.
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