Tournai

Also known as Doornik, Tournay

Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.

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Tournai is a city in the Walloon region of Belgium, located in the Province of Hainaut along the Scheldt River southwest of Brussels. With a population of around 68,500 people, it serves as part of the larger Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai cross-border metropolitan area.

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Key facts

Belgium municipality.name: Tournai
Belgium municipality.namenl: Doornik
Belgium municipality.type: city
Belgium municipality.picture: La Grand-Place de Tournai.jpg
Belgium municipality.picture legend: Grand-Place of Tournai
Belgium municipality.map: Tournai Hainaut Belgium Map.png
Belgium municipality.map legend: Location of Tournai in Hainaut
Belgium municipality.arms: Blason de Tournai.svg
Belgium municipality.flag: Flag of Tournai.svg
Belgium municipality.province: Hainaut
Belgium municipality.arrondissement: Tournai
Belgium municipality.nis: 57081
Belgium municipality.mayor: Marie-Christine Marghem (MR)
Belgium municipality.majority: PS-cdH
Belgium municipality.postal codes: 7500-7548
Belgium municipality.telephone area: 069

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city
Official name: Tornai
Demonym: Doornikenaars
Country: Francia
Located in: County of Flanders
Official language: French
Population: 68200
Area: 213.75
Elevation: 24
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Scheldt
Capital of: Tournaisis
Shares border with: Rumes
Official website: www.tournai.be
Image: Grand'Place de Tournai vue du Beffroi.jpg
Dialing code: 069
Patron saint: Saint Piatus

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
topic's main category: Category:Tournai
category for people born here: Category:Births in Tournai
twinned administrative body: Mogi das Cruzes
Commons category: Tournai
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tournai
category of associated people: Category:People from Tournai
Commons gallery: Tournai
postal code: 7506
native label: Tournai
time of earliest written record: 0201-00-00
annual number of weddings: 179
P8168: Bystrá
phone number: +32 69 33 22 11
email address: mailto:[email protected]
P13200: South Africa

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Main sights
Culture
Festivities
Education
People born in Tournai
Image gallery
Twin towns
References
External links

Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, with Clovis I being born here.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tournai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.