Steenkerque Explained

Steenkerque (pronounced as /fr/; nl|Steenkerke; in older English references also Steenkerke, Steenkirk, Steinkerque, Steinkerke or Steinkirk; wa|Stinkerke) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Braine-le-Comte, located in Hainaut Province, Belgium, south-west of Brussels and south of Enghien.

Steenkerque is notable for the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692 during the Nine Years' War, when France defeated a joint English-Scottish-Dutch-German army.

The French movie The African Doctor (in French Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont) was shot in this village in 2015.[1]

The 2019 Tour de France began in Brussels and passed through Steenkerque, then home to "500 âmes, à peine!" ("500 souls, barely!").[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steenkerque : tournage d'un film (Steenkerque : Filming of a film) . dead . https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20160514041019/http://www.antennecentre.tv/www/steenkerque_tournage_d_un_film-82356-999-226.html?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc . 14 May 2016 . . 11 November 2024.
  2. Web site: Steenkerque : un village de 500 âmes fin prêt pour le Tour de France (Steenkerque: a village of 500 souls ready for the Tour de France) . Sarah . Devaux . 4 July 2019 . . 11 November 2024.