The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 TOWNS. 417 belfry near it is supposed to stand on the site of a tower built by Julius Caesar. Mons has frequently been besieged, and several memorable battles have been fouo-ht in its vicinity. One of thejn was named after the village of Malplaquet, though the contest of 1709 virtually took place 10 miles to the south of the Belgian village, on French soil. At Jemappes, to the west of Mons, the French, com- manded by Dumouriez, achieved a great victory in 1792. The most important centres of popul
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 TOWNS. 417 belfry near it is supposed to stand on the site of a tower built by Julius Caesar. Mons has frequently been besieged, and several memorable battles have been fouo-ht in its vicinity. One of thejn was named after the village of Malplaquet, though the contest of 1709 virtually took place 10 miles to the south of the Belgian village, on French soil. At Jemappes, to the west of Mons, the French, com- manded by Dumouriez, achieved a great victory in 1792. The most important centres of population between Mons and Charleroi are La Lourière (10,211 inhabitants) and the picturesque town of BincJie (7,850 inhabitants), near which, in the castle of Estinnes, King Dagobert resided for a considerable time. Other populous towns in the same part of the country are Fig. 232.—Moxs and the Borinage. Scale 1 : 110,000. 5°50' Anderlues (5,300 inhabitants), Morlamveh (6,200 inhabitants), Carnières (5,500 inhabitants), Houdeng-Aimerm (5,650 inhabitants), and Hoiidcng-Gcegnics (5,050 inhabitants). Péniiveh (7,950 inhabitants), a manufacturing town, lies on the other side of Mons, towards Tournay, whilst Baudour (5,800 inhabitants) is situate in the north-west, near the source of the Dender. Tournai/, ^^ Doornich (32,145 ), is the most venerable city of Belgium. Originally inhabited by Nervii, then occupied by the Bomans, and subsequently the capital of a Frankish kingdom, Tovirnay has at all times enjoyed the advantages conferred by its position on the navigable Schelde, and at the meeting-place of several important natural highways. Barges, for the most part laden with coal, crowd its harbour. The cathedral is a Byzantine
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