Antoing

Antoing (Antweon) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Antoing, Bruyelle, Calonne, Fontenoy, Maubray, and Péronnes-lez-Antoing.

History
The Battle of Fontenoy, a major battle in the War of Austrian Succession, was fought near Fontenoy village on 11 May 1745.

Places of interest

 * Antoing Castle, originally from the 12th century, restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century

Famous inhabitants

 * Raoul Cauvin, comics writer, was born in Antoing in 1938