Braine-le-Comte
Braine-le-Comte is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 20,305. The total area is which gives a population density of 240 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Hennuyères, Henripont, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine, Ronquières, and Steenkerque.
The Ronquières inclined plane at the Canal du Centre is in the municipality of Braine-Le Comte.
History
On August 3, 1692, during the Nine Years War, the French army defeated a joint English-Dutch-German army in the Battle of Steenkerque in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte.The Braine-le-Comte post-office opened before 1830. It used postal code 22 with bars and 53 with points. The Hennuyères post office opened on 6 November 1865. It used postal code 161 with points. The Ronquières post office opened on 10 January 1895.
Postal codes in 1969:
