Binche

Local nameBinche
LocationBelgium (land mass)

Binche is a city and municipality from Wallonia, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Since 1977, the municipality consists of Binche, Bray, Buvrinnes, Épinois, Leval-Trahegnies, Péronnes-lez-Binche, Ressaix, and Waudrez districts.

According to the surveys from 2021, Binche had a total population of 33,416, approximately 550 inhabitants per km2.

The motto of the city is "Plus Oultre", which was the motto of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who in 1545 gave the medieval Castle of Binche to his sister, Queen Mary of Hungary. Her attention was spent on Binche, which she had rebuilt into Binche Palace under the direction of the architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq, remembered today as the first master of Giambologna.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binche

Coordinates 50°24'37.081" N 4°9'54.586" E

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