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Tournai is a city and municipality of Wallonia in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is known as Doornik in Dutch, Tornai in Picard and Tornè in Walloon, and older English sources sometimes call it Tournay. The city lies on the river Scheldt, about 89 kilometres by road south-west of the centre of Brussels, and forms part of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai. In 2022 the municipality had an estimated population of 68,518 people. Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, and Clovis I was born there.

Facts
Population
68,518 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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1. Tournai (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section [population]
    In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead section
    is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium
  • Part Of: Belgium, Lead section
    is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
    Tournai ( toor-NAY, French: [tuʁnɛ] ; Picard: Tornai; Walloon: Tornè [tɔʀnɛ] ; Dutch: Doornik [ˈdoːrnɪk] , sometimes anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.25
50.75 3.25 Cfb
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3. GeoNames: Tournai - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2785341, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2785341, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.60715 3.38932 P PPLA3 BE WAL WHT 57 57081 69554 24 Europe/Brussels
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