Steenkerque (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃kɛʁk]; Dutch: Steenkerke; in older English references also Steenkerke, Steenkirk, Steinkerque, Steinkerke or Steinkirk; Walloon: Stinkerke) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Braine-le-Comte, located in Hainaut Province, Belgium, 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of Brussels and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) 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]
- ^ "Steenkerque : tournage d'un film (Steenkerque : Filming of a film)". Antenne Centre Télévision. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Devaux, Sarah (4 July 2019). "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)". RTBF. Retrieved 11 November 2024.