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Ellezelles

Ellezelles (French pronunciation: [ɛlzɛl] ; Dutch: Elzele; Picard: Elzîle; Walloon: Elziele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It consists of the following districts: Ellezelles, Lahamaide, and Wodecq. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.

The village archives contain a document "attesting" to the birth of Hercule Poirot on 1 April 1850.

"Wild cat" windmill (1751)

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Hercule Poirot". Ellezelles.be. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Edmundson, George (1911). "Egmont, Lamoral, Count of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). pp. 18–19.