Friday, February 20, 2015

Mons, Belgium

Mons (French pronunciation: ​[mɔ̃s]DutchBergen "mountains"; PicardMont) is a Belgian city and municipality, and the capital of the province of Hainaut. The Mons municipality includes theformer communes of CuesmesFlénuGhlinHyonNimy,ObourgBaudour (partly), JemappesCiplyHarmigniesHarvengHavréMaisièresMesvinNouvellesSaint-DenisSaint-SymphorienSpiennesVillers-Saint-GhislainCasteau (partly), Masnuy-Saint-Jean (partly), and Ville-sur-Haine (partly). Together with the Czech city of Plzeň, Mons is the European Capital of Culture in 2015.

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