About the town » Enghien, Province du Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Popular surnames at Enghien
- Paternostre 117
- Paternoster 65
- Dure 60
- Lippens 56
- D'enghien 55
- Poplimont 51
- Sergeant 47
- Defraene 44
- Soumillion 43
- Bourleau 42
- Schoonheyt 21
- De Ligne Arenberg 21
- Poelaert 20
- Mahauden 20
- Teintenier 20
- Onckeleer 18
- Demoortel 18
- Vanheghe 18
- Baccart 18
- Daminet 17
Records from Enghien
- DTB Dopen 15,243
- BS Huwelijk 5,660
- Bevolkingsregister 37
- BS Overlijden 19
- Bidprentjesverzameling 2
Source: Wikipedia Information
Enghien is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Enghien had a total population of 11,980. The total area is 40.59 km² which gives a population density of 295 inhabitants per km². The municipality comprises the city of Enghien, and the towns Marcq and Petit-Enghien. . It is situated on the language border in the country, and restricted language rights are granted to the Dutch speaking minority. Enghien gave its name to a French duchy and to the commune of Enghien-les-Bains, a suburb of Paris, due to a complex series of family successions: in 1487, Mary of Luxembourg (d. 1547), the only heir of Peter II of Luxembourg (d. 1482), Count of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise and member of one of the branches of the House of Luxembourg, married François de Bourbon-Vendôme (d. 1495), the great-grandfather of King Henry IV of France. Mary of Luxembourg brought as her dowry the fief of Condé-en-Brie and the county of Enghien, among others. These fiefs passed to her grandson Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, uncle of King Henry IV of France, who started the line of the Princes of Condé, the famous cadet branch of the French royal family. In 1566, the county of Enghien was elevated to a duchy-peerage. However, the necessary registration process was not completed, so the title became extinct at the death of Louis I de Bourbon in 1569. In 1633, Henry II, Prince of Condé, grandson of Louis I de Bourbon, inherited the duchy of Montmorency, near Paris, after the execution of Henri II de Montmorency, brother of his wife Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency. In 1689, King Louis XIV allowed Henry III, Prince of Condé, grandson of Henry II, Prince of Condé, to rename the duchy of Montmorency as "duchy of Enghien", in memory of the duchy of Enghien which the Princes of Condé had lost in 1569 at the death of Louis I de Bourbon. The city of Montmorency, at the heart of the duchy, continued to be known as "Montmorency", despite the official name change, but the name "Enghien" stuck to the nearby lake and marshland that developed later as a spa resort and was incorporated as the commune of Enghien-les-Bains in the 19th century. Enghien 050918 (17). jpg The castle park. Enghien CHLa2JPG. jpg China lacquered pannel of the Chinese Room of the Castle of Enghien, Wallonia's Major Heritage JonathausEnghien. jpg House Jonathas (16th century) Enghien Lamentation - Master of the Virgo inter Virgines. jpg Lamentation of Christ, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines (1480-1485) in House Jonathas
