Angreau

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Angreau

| native_name =

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Angreau Église Saint-Amand 6.jpg

| image_caption = Saint Amand's church

| image_map = Angreau_Honnelles_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg

| map_caption = Location of Angreau in Honnelles

| pushpin_map = Belgium

| pushpin_label = Angreau

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Belgium

| coordinates = {{coord|50|21|05|N|3|41|27|E|display=it}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Belgium}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{BE-WAL}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = {{BE-WHT}}

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| subdivision_type4 = Municipality

| subdivision_name4 = {{flagicon image|Honnelles_Belgium.svg}} Honnelles

| area_total_km2 = {{Infobox Belgium Municipality/Geography|Geography=53083B}}

| population_footnotes = {{wikidata|reference|P1082|P585=2018-01-01}}

| population_total = {{wikidata|property|raw|P1082|P585=2018-01-01}}

| population_as_of = 2018-01-01

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 7387

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 065

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Angreau ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ɡʁo}}; {{langx|wa|Angrea}}) is a village of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Honnelles, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

History

The earliest mention of this locality is Angrellum (Latin: little Angre{{Cite book|title=Une Dynastie Secrete|last=Debiève|first=Gilles|publisher=Société des Ecrivains|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=63, 64|language=fr}}). In the first Middle Ages, Angreau was part of the stronghold of Angre,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ldOIX8-2V4C&q=Angreau+commune+1250&pg=PA45|title=Dictionnaire national belge : historique, biographique, géographique, statistique, artistique, industriel et commercial|last=de Villers|first=Victor Doublet|publisher=Victor Doublet de Villers|year=1869|isbn=|location=Burxelles|pages=46|language=fr}} of which it was probably an outbuilding with a fortified tower. Angreau has been a commune since the year 1250.{{Citation|title=Angreau|date=2019-10-30|url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angreau&oldid=164007736|work=Wikipédia|language=fr|access-date=2020-01-03}}

File:Angreaupanorama09.jpg

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