Arrondissement of Mons

Arrondissement of Mons
Location of the arrondissement in Hainaut
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Area	583.99 km²
Population	249,500 (01/01/2006)
Municipalities	13

The Arrondissement of Mons (French: Arrondissement de Mons; Dutch: Arrondissement Bergen) is one of the seven administrative arrondissements in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Mons also comprises all municipalities of the Arrondissement of Soignies but one (Lessines), as well as the municipalities of Brugelette en Chièvres of the Arrondissement of Ath.

[edit] Municipalities

The Administrative Arrondissement of Mons consists of the following municipalities:

• Boussu
• Colfontaine
• Dour
• Frameries
• Hensies
• Honnelles
• Jurbise
• Lens
• Mons
• Quaregnon
• Quévy
• Quiévrain
• Saint-Ghislain

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