Chièvres

Chièvres (French pronunciation: [ʃjɛvʁ] ^ⓘ; Picard: Chieve) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Chièvres Chieve (Picard)
Municipality
Market Place of Chièvres
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Chièvres
Chièvres Location in Belgium Location of Chièvres in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°35′N 03°48′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Ath
Government
• Mayor	Olivier Hartiel (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS - Ecolo
Area
• Total	47.37 km2 (18.29 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	6,899
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal codes	7950, 7951
NIS code	51014
Area codes	068
Website	www.chievres.be

On January 1, 2018, Chièvres had a total population of 6,899. The total area is 46.91 km² which gives a population density of 150 inhabitants per km². Chièvres Air Base is located in the municipality.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Chièvres, Grosage, Huissignies, Ladeuze, Tongre-Saint-Martin, and Tongre-Notre-Dame.

In 1918 the town was delivered by the 5th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders from four years of military occupation during the First World War. The event was commemorated by the naming of one of the town's main streets as Rue Dudley Gordon after the battalion's Lieutenant-Colonel, the Lord Dudley Gordon, who was presented with the key to the town of Chièvres. In return, a present was made to the town of the flag under which the 5th Battalion had fought since 1915.[2]

The 12th-century chapel of St John the Baptist