Steenkerque

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Steenkerque (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃kɛʁk]; Dutch: Steenkerke; in older English references also Steenkerke, Steenkirk, Steinkerque, Steinkerke or Steinkirk; Walloon: Stinkerke) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Braine-le-Comte, located in Hainaut Province, Belgium, 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of Brussels and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Enghien.

Steenkerque is notable for the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692 during the Nine Years' War, when France defeated a joint English-Scottish-Dutch-German army.

The French movie The African Doctor (in French Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont) was shot in this village in 2015.^[1]

The 2019 Tour de France began in Brussels and passed through Steenkerque, then home to "500 âmes, à peine!" ("500 souls, barely!").^[2]

References

^ "Steenkerque : tournage d'un film (Steenkerque : Filming of a film)". Antenne Centre Télévision. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ Devaux, Sarah (4 July 2019). "Steenkerque : un village de 500 âmes fin prêt pour le Tour de France (Steenkerque: a village of 500 souls ready for the Tour de France)". RTBF. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

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50°38′N 4°04′E / 50.633°N 4.067°E / 50.633; 4.067

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[1] "Steenkerque : tournage d'un film (Steenkerque : Filming of a film)". Antenne Centre Télévision. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[2] Devaux, Sarah (4 July 2019). "Steenkerque : un village de 500 âmes fin prêt pour le Tour de France (Steenkerque: a village of 500 souls ready for the Tour de France)". RTBF. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

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