Description
Ellezelles (Dutch Elzele) is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Hainaut. It comprises the former municipalities of Ellezelles, La Hamaide, 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 April 1, 1850.
Tourism
Ellezelles has many remarkable sites:
The mill Wild Cat
The mill Tordoir
The Church of St. Peter in Chains
The pillory (behind the church)
The statue of Hercules Poirot
The Fountain of Quintine witch
The museum of Lahamaide
Many panoramic viewpoints
The trail of the strange (course bewitched 6km through the countryside Ellezelloise embellished boisterous characters from the imagination of Jacques Vandewattyne).
La Maison du Pays des Collines (Ellezelles is at the center of the Hills Country Natural Park)
Address
Ellezelles
Belgium
Lat: 50.733760834 - Lng: 3.679914236




