Arrondissement of Mons
Arrondissement of Mons Arrondissement de Mons | |
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Arrondissement of Belgium | |
Location of the arrondissement in Hainaut | |
Coordinates: 50°27′N 3°51′E / 50.45°N 3.85°ECoordinates: 50°27′N 3°51′E / 50.45°N 3.85°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Hainaut |
Municipalities | 13 |
Area | |
• Total | 583.99 km2 (225.48 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2015) | |
• Total | 257,804 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
The Arrondissement of Mons (French: Arrondissement de Mons; Dutch: Arrondissement Bergen) is one of the seven administrative arrondissements in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.
It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Mons also comprises all municipalities of the Arrondissement of Soignies but one (Lessines), as well as the municipalities of Brugelette en Chièvres of the Arrondissement of Ath.
Municipalities
The Administrative Arrondissement of Mons consists of the following municipalities:
- Boussu
- Colfontaine
- Dour
- Frameries
- Hensies
- Honnelles
- Jurbise
- Lens
- Mons
- Quaregnon
- Quévy
- Quiévrain
- Saint-Ghislain
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