- Source: Ellezelles
Ellezelles (French pronunciation: [ɛlzɛl] ; Dutch: Elzele; Picard: Elzîle; Walloon: Elziele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
It consists of the following districts: Ellezelles, Lahamaide, and Wodecq. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.
The village archives contain a document "attesting" to the birth of Hercule Poirot on 1 April 1850.
Notable people
Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (1522 in La Hamaide near Ellezelles – executed in 1568) a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War.
Richard Ely (born 1974 in Ellezelles) a Belgian writer, journalist and ethnobotanist.
References
External links
Media related to Ellezelles at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Jemmape (departemen)
- Daftar kode pos di Belgia
- Ellezelles
- Flobecq
- Hercule Poirot
- Jemmape (department)
- Lamoral, Count of Egmont
- Botulinum toxin
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- Arrondissement of Ath
- Idès Cauchie
- List of protected heritage sites in Ellezelles
