Antoing is a city and municipality in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium, in the Tournai administrative arrondissement. Its name in Picard, the regional language, is Antweon. The municipality is made up of six districts: Antoing itself, Bruyelle, Calonne, Fontenoy, Maubray and Péronnes-lez-Antoing. Fontenoy is remembered for the Battle of Fontenoy, a major battle of the War of the Austrian Succession, which was fought near the village on 11 May 1745. The most prominent landmark is Antoing Castle, which dates from the twelfth century and was restored in the nineteenth century by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The comics writer Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing in 1938.
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Population Estimate Year Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Belgium: Hainaut (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table - Estimate 2026-01-01
Antoing Municipality Tournai-Mouscron 8
Municipalities table - Estimate 2026-01-01, population
Antoing Municipality Tournai-Mouscron 8,255 7,970 7,727 7,487 7,656 7,817 7,638 7,602
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is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
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is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
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is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
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