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Touring Hyon in Belgium
Hyon in the region of Walloon Region is located in Belgium - some 33 mi or ( 53 km ) South-West of Brussels , the country's capital city .
Time in Hyon is now 05:28 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Brussels " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Cambridge, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Soignies. Being here already, consider visiting Cambridge . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Hyon ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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City parade 2007
Les chars... la soirée... la city quoi =D ..
Doudou 2012 - Descente de la Rue des Clercs vers la Grand Place - Lumeçon
"Ducasse de Mons The Ducasse de Mons or Doudou is a popular festival that happens every year during the Trinity Sunday (57 days after Easter) in the town of Mons in Belgium. It is recognized as one of ..
Descente de la Rue des Clercs
Doudou 2010 ..
Descente de la rue des Clercs - 2012
Ducasse 2012 - Mons - Descente de la rue des Clercs ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Hyon
Hyon is a village near the Belgian town Mons in the province of Hainaut. On 11 November 1918, the 19th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force liberated Hyon at the end of World War I. Hyon is also the name of the oldest person known to man {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|26|25|N|3|57|46|E|region:BE_type:city |primary |name= }}
Located at 50.44 3.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Battle of Mons
The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with Germany on the French borders. At Mons, the British army attempted to hold the line of the Mons-Condé Canal against the advancing German First Army.
Located at 50.45 3.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Ourthe (department)
Ourthe is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present day Germany and Belgium, at the time written as Ourte by French officials. It was named after the river Ourthe. Its territory corresponds more or less with that of the present day Belgian province Liège and a small adjacent region in North Rhine-Westphalia. The département was formed when the Southern Netherlands and the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by the French around 1795.
Located at 50.45 3.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Faculté polytechnique de Mons
The Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (FPMs) is the oldest university of the city of Mons and the first Engineering school in Belgium (1837). Its first name was «École des Mines» (Mining School). It is a member of the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers for Europe), an association of 50 leading Engineering Schools and Faculties in Europe From January 1, 2009 the Engineering Faculty of Mons and the University of Mons-Hainaut fused in a new university simply called the University of Mons.
Located at 50.45 3.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Mundaneum
The Mundaneum was an institution created in 1910, following an initiative begun in 1895 by Belgian lawyers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine, as part of their work on documentation science. It aimed to gather together all the world's knowledge and classify it according to a system they developed called the Universal Decimal Classification.
Located at 50.46 3.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
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