Ellezelles

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}

{{expand French|Ellezelles|date=June 2012|topic=geo}}

{{Infobox Belgium municipality

| name = Ellezelles

| native_name = {{native_name|pcd|Elzîle}}

| namenl = Elzele

| picture = Ellezelles JPG00.jpg

| picture-legend =

| map = Ellezelles Hainaut Belgium Map.svg

| map-legend = The municipality in Ath arrondissement
in the province of Hainaut

| arms = Ellezelles coat of arms.svg

| flag = Flag of Ellezelles.svg

| region = {{BE-REG-WAL}}

| community = {{BE-FR}}

| province = {{BE-PROV-HT}}

| arrondissement = Ath

| nis = 51017

| pyramid-date =

| 0-19 =

| 20-64

| 65

| foreigners =

| foreigners-date =

| Mayor = Idesbalde Cauchie (cdH)
(LB)

| majority = Liste du Bourgmestre (LB) - Ecolo

| parties = MR
Ecolo
PS
Liste du Bourgmestre

| seats = 17
3
2
4
8

| sections-name = Ellezelles
Lahamaide
Wodecq

| sections-postal = 7890
7890
7890

| postal-codes = 7890

| telephone-area = 068

| web = [http://www.ellezelles.be/ www.ellezelles.be]

| coordinates = {{coord|50|44|N|03|41|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}

}}

Ellezelles ({{IPA|fr|ɛlzɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Ellezelles.wav}}; {{langx|nl|Elzele}}; {{langx|pcd|Elzîle}}; {{langx|wa|Elziele}}) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It consists of the following districts: Ellezelles, Lahamaide, and Wodecq. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.

The village archives contain a document "attesting" to the birth of Hercule Poirot on 1 April 1850.{{cite web|url=http://www.ellezelles.be/fr/loisirs/tourisme/ellezelles-coeur-du-pays-des-collines/histoire/hercule-poirot|title=Hercule Poirot|website=Ellezelles.be|access-date=June 10, 2018}}

File:Ellezelles JPG02.jpg