Tournai (French pronunciation: [tuʁnɛ]; Latin: Tornacum, Picard: Tornai), known in Dutch as Doornik, is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres (53 miles) west-southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut. Tournai is part of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai (metropolitan area), which had 2,155,161 residents in 2008.
Along with Tongeren, Tournai is the oldest city in Belgium and it has played an important role in the country's cultural history.
Tournai is located in the Wallonia region of Belgium, at the southern limit of the Flemish plain, in the basin of the River Scheldt (Escaut in French, Schelde in Dutch). Administratively, the town is part of the Province of Hainaut, itself part of Wallonia. It is also a municipality that is part of the French-speaking Community of Belgium. Tournai has its own arrondissements, both administrative and judicial.
Its area of 213.75 square kilometres (82.53 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in size in Belgium; it is also the largest in population in Western Hainaut. The municipality of Tournai consists of the former municipalities of Ere, Saint-Maur, Orcq, Esplechin, Froyennes, Froidmont, Willemeau, Ramegnies-Chin, Templeuve, Chercq, Blandain, Hertain, Lamain, Marquain, Gaurain-Ramecroix, Havinnes, Beclers, Thimougies, Barry, Maulde, Vaulx, Vezon, Kain, Melles, Quartes, Rumillies, Mont-Saint-Aubert, Mourcourt and Warchin.
Tournai (French pronunciation: [tuʁnɛ]), was a former constituency of the Parliament of England.
Tournai, the only town (now city) in modern Belgium ever to have been ruled by England, was under English control from around 23 September 1513 (after its capture from France during the 1513 Battle of Guinegate) and remained so until its return in 1519 to France upon the payment of 600,000 crowns following the Treaty of London (1518). Aged 22, Henry VIII entered the town ceremonially on 25 September 1513. During part of the time during which the town was under English sovereignty, it was represented in the Parliament of England by two Members of Parliament.
An election is known to have taken place in about December 1513. It is not known if there was any election for the next Parliament in 1515, but that would have been the last opportunity for this community to be represented in the House of Commons of England.
Groat and half-groat coins were issued without a portrait of King Henry VIII but did display his name. Dated 1513, these were struck subsequent to the town's capture in 1513 from France and nowadays are exceptionally rare especially since they are the earliest British dated coins.
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What would I give to getaway
That pain that stayed
Seemed like forever
What would you give to getaway
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You know this is not another waste of time
All this holding on can't be wrong
Just come back to me and I am not alone
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You should have let him getaway
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Seemed like forever
What would you give to getaway
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You know this is not another waste of time
All this holding on can't be wrong
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All this holding on can't be wrong
If you come back to me so I am not alone