Chièvres

Chièvres is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Chièvres had a total population of 6,198. The total area is 46.91 km² which gives a population density of 132 inhabitants per km². Chièvres Air Base is located in the municipality.

For the lord of Chièvres, advisor to Emperor Charles V, see: William de Croÿ.

Chièvres
Municipality
Market Place of Chièvres
Flag Coat of arms
Chièvres Location in Belgium Location of Chièvres in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°35′N 03°48′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Ath
Government
• Mayor	Michel Miroir (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS, MR
Area
• Total	46.91 km2 (18.11 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	6,899
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal codes	7950, 7951
Area codes	068
Website	www.chievres.be

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Chièvres proper, Grosage, Huissignies, Ladeuze, Tongre-Saint-Martin, and Tongre-Notre-Dame.

In 1918 the town was delivered by the 5th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders from four years of military occupation during the First World War. The event was commemorated by the naming of one of the town's main streets as Rue Dudley Gordon after the battalion's Lieutenant-Colonel, the Lord Dudley Gordon, who was presented with the key to the town of Chièvres. In return, a present was made to the town of the flag under which the 5th Battalion had fought since 1915.[2]

The 12th-century chapel of St John the Baptist