Barbençon

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Barbençon

| native_name = {{native_name|wa|Barbinçon}}

| image_skyline = Barbençon V1JPG.jpg

| image_caption = Barbençon

| image_blank_emblem = Blason village be Barbencon.svg

| blank_emblem_type = Coat of arms

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Belgium}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Wallonia}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = {{BE-WHT}}

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Beaumont.svg}} Beaumont

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Barbençon ({{langx|wa|Barbinçon}}) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Beaumont, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The village is a member of the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie.{{cite web |url= http://www.beauxvillages.be/the-villages/barbencon-2.htm?lng=en|title= Barbençon|author= |website= Official site of Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie|publisher= Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie a.s.b.l.|access-date=20 July 2021}}

From {{circa}} 1400, glass was produced in the village. In 1559 a larger glass factory was established here, active until around 1750. From 1678 until 1815 the village belonged to France. The village church dates from the 12th century and has a richly sculpted portal. There are remnants of medieval ramparts and a château from the Napoleonic era in the village, and a preserved fortified farm from the 17th century.{{cite book |editor-last= Menne|editor-first= Gilbert|date= 2014|title= Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles|location= Brussels|publisher= Racine|pages= 102–103|isbn=978-94-014-1418-0}}

Barbençon Ch1JPG.jpg|Castle ruins

PM 156083 B Barbencon.jpg|Saint Lambertus Church

PM 156087 B Barbencon.jpg|Saint Lambertus Church