- Antoing
Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Antoing
picture=Antoing JPG02.jpg
picture-
map-
arms=Armoiries_Antoing.png
region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-HT
arrondissement=Tournai
nis=57003
pyramid-date=
0-19=
20-64
65
foreigners=
foreigners-date=
mayor=Bernard Bauwens
majority=
parties=
seats=19
14
3
2
sections-name=AntoingMaubray Péronnes-lez-Antoing Bruyelle
Calonne
Fontenoy
sections-postal=7640
7640
7640
7641
7642
7643
postal-codes=7640-7643
telephone-area=069
web=
lat_deg=50
lat_min=34
lon_deg=03
lon_min=27Antoing is a Walloon commune of
Belgium located in the province of Hainaut. It consists of the former municipalities of Antoing,Maubray ,Péronnes-lez-Antoing ,Bruyelle ,Calonne andFontenoy .History
The
Battle of Fontenoy , a major battle in theWar of Austrian Succession , was fought near Fontenoy on May 11, 1745.Famous inhabitants
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Raoul Cauvin , comics writer, was born in Antoing in 1938Places of interest
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Castle of Antoing , originally from the 12th century, restored byEugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century
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