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Explore Hembise
The district Hembise of Potray in Province du Hainaut (Wallonia) is located in Belgium about 26 mi south-west of Brussels, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Enghien, Chasse Royale, Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Lennik and Oudenaarde. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
Morning Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 72% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 42% of sky |
General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
9°C (49 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel & Aparthotel Casteau Resort
Videos from this area
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Xing Hui le panda de Pairi Daiza s'amuse
Xing Hui le panda de Pairi Daiza est en pleine forme, il fait un petit saut dans la rivière pour oublier la chaleur...
Ferme des 2 Yannick (Terre en vue)
Yannick Hostie (55 ans) et Yannick Bette (26 ans) sont deux maraîchers bios de la région entre Mons, Ath et Soignies. Ils produisent une très grande variété de légumes, qu'ils vendent...
Huge Unboxing - 35 Decks - Cartesmagie
Voici ma dernière commande en date, la plus grosse que j' aie jamais faite... Le Green Artifice m' a été offert, c' est pour çà qu' il est tout seul ^^. Si un de ces paquets vous intéresse,...
Bienvenue à MONTIGNIES-LEZ-LENS
Une video de Montignies-Lez-Lens, petit village rural faisant partie de l'entité de Lens (Hainaut). Rendez-nous visite sur http://www.montignies-lez-lens.be.
Pairi Daiza: Lemurs invade a souvenir shop
A Pairi Daiza, les lémuriens envahissent une boutique de souvenirs.
Pairi Daiza 2014
A day at Pairi Daiza 2014 A day at one of the most beautiful animal parks, this is just a glimpse of what you can see at the park and since this year you can see Panda's Hao Hao and Xing Hui...
Joli moment avec les lions de Pairi Daiza
Capturé avec mon appareil photo donc pas très stable mais il fallait immortaliser un si joli moment... A Pairi Daiza (Belgique)
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hainaut (province)
Hainaut is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) in Belgium on the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant and those of Walloon Brabant and Namur, and on France. It has an area of 3,800 km² which is divided into seven administrative districts containing 69 municipalities. Its capital is Mons.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the central command of NATO military forces. It is located at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons. From 1951, SHAPE was the headquarters of operational forces in the European theatre (Allied Command Europe, ACE), but since 2003 SHAPE has been the headquarters of Allied Command Operations (ACO) controlling all allied operations worldwide.
Ghislenghien
Ghislenghien is a small town in Belgium near Ath. On July 30, 2004 a high-pressure natural gas pipeline operated at a pressure of 70 bar ruptured following recent third party damage. Twenty-four people died as a result and 150 survivors were hospitalised, most with severe burns. It is thought that damage to the pipeline occurred during the final stages of a car park construction project.
Allied Command Transformation
Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is a NATO military command, which was formed in 2003 after North Atlantic Treaty Organisation restructuring. It is intended to lead military transformation of alliance forces and capabilities, using new concepts such as the NATO Response Force and new doctrines in order to improve the alliance's military effectiveness. Since France rejoined the NATO Command Structure in mid 2009 a significant change is SACT is a French officer.
Mundaneum
The Mundaneum was an institution created in 1910, following an initiative begun in 1895 by Belgian lawyers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine, as part of their work on documentation science. It aimed to gather together all the world's knowledge and classify it according to a system they developed called the Universal Decimal Classification.
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
The Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) was one of two supreme commanders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the other being the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). The SACLANT led Allied Command Atlantic, based at Norfolk, Virginia. The entire command was routinely referred to as 'SACLANT'.
Stade Charles Tondreau
Stade Charles Tondreau is a multi-purpose stadium in Mons, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of R.A.E.C. Mons. The stadium holds 13,000.
Casteau
Casteau is a village of Belgium in the French-speaking region. With the others villages Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Horrues, Naast, Neufvilles, Soignies (town), and Thieusies, they compose the municipality of Soignies. The village is located between the towns of Mons and Soignies on the road Mons-Brussel. The river Aubrecheuil flows through the village. In the past, there were some watermills along the river.
SHAPE High School
SHAPE American High School is a US Department of Defense Dependents high school (DoDDS) for grades 7-12 located at Casteau, a town north of the city of Mons in Belgium. SHAPE American High School provides education for the dependants of people associated with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), a NATO military installation. SHAPE High School adheres to a typical United States curricular and extracurricular program.
Grand Large
The Grand Large is an artificial lake of Belgium, not far from the city of Mons. The lake is situated along the highway E19 between Paris and Brussels. Its marina can host 157 boats. The lake is linked to two canals: to the east, the Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes Canal, to the west the Canal du Centre.
University of Mons-Hainaut
The University of Mons-Hainaut (French: Université de Mons-Hainaut) (UMH), in Mons, Wallonia, Belgium, was a university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language was French. From January 1, 2009, the University of Mons-Hainaut and the Engineering Faculty of Mons Faculté polytechnique de Mons fused in a new university simply called the University of Mons.
Horrues
Horrues is a village near the Belgian town Soignies in the province of Hainaut. With the others villages Casteau, Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Naast, Neufvilles, Soignies (town), and Thieusies, they compose the municipality of Soignies since 1977. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|36|29|N|4|02|26|E|region:BE_type:city |primary |name= }}
Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies
Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies is a village near the Belgian town Soignies in the province of hainaut. With the others villages Casteau, Horrues, Naast, Neufvilles, Soignies (town), and Thieusies, they compose the municipality of Soignies since 1977. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|35|33|N|3|59|53|E|region:BE_type:city |primary |name= }}
Neufvilles
Neufvilles is a village near the Belgian town Soignies in the province of Hainaut. With the others villages Casteau, Horrues, Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Naast, Soignies (town), and Thieusies, they compose the municipality of Soignies since 1977. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|34|06|N|4|00|11|E|region:BE_type:city |primary |name= }}
Nimy
Nimy is a village near the Belgian town of Mons in the province of Hainaut. In 1914, it was the scene of heavy fighting during the Battle of Mons, the first action of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Ghlin
Ghlin is a village near the Belgian town Mons in the province of Hainaut.
Maisières
Maisières is a village near the Belgian town of Mons in the province of Hainaut.
Masnuy-Saint-Jean
Masnuy-Saint-Jean is a village near the Belgian town of Jurbise in the province of hainaut.
Chièvres Air Base
Chièvres Air Base is a United States Air Force airfield located in the Belgian town of Chièvres and about 12 miles from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Casteau. It is mainly used to provide logistic support to NATO and SHAPE. The station and support facilities are operated by the United States Army Garrison Benelux.
Initialis Science Park
The Initialis Science Park is a business incubator and science park located in Mons in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia. The science park is associated with the three universities of Mons; the University of Mons and the Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons. The science park comprises two technopoles: Multitel, which groups telecommunications, signal and image processing and Materia Nova, which groups research and development on new materials such a ceramics.
University of Mons
The University of Mons (French: Université de Mons) is a new Belgian university located in the city of Mons, created by merging the Engineering Faculty of Mons (FPMs) and the University of Mons-Hainaut. The merging of the institutions was achieved following a geographical logic because of the high complementarity between them and their location in the same city.
Attre Castle
Attre Castle (Château d'Attre) is a former castle, now a country house or château, in Attre in the municipality of Brugelette, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Thoricourt Castle
Thoricourt Castle is a castle in Belgium. Thoricourt is rumored to be haunted by a number of ghosts, including the ghost of Dr. Ranbak Gloki.
Pairi Daiza
Pairi Daiza (formerly Paradisio) is a privately owned 55-hectare zoo and botanical garden located in Brugelette in the province of Hainaut in Belgium. The zoo is located on the site of the former Cistercian Cambron Abbey, and is home to over 4,000 animals. Pairi Daiza is owned and operated by Pairi Daiza Belgium SA, a limited company listed on NYSE Alternext Brussels .
Cambron Abbey
Cambron Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Belgium, located in Cambron-Casteau in the municipality of Brugelette in Hainaut. It stands on the little River Blanche, a tributary of the Dendre, about 9 kilometres to the south-east of Ath. The site is now used as a zoo.