Enghien

Enghien Edingen  (Dutch)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Enghien Location in Belgium
Location of Enghien in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°42′N 04°02′E / 50.700°N 4.033°E / 50.700; 4.033Coordinates: 50°42′N 04°02′E / 50.700°N 4.033°E / 50.700; 4.033
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Soignies
Government
• Mayor	Olivier Saint-Amand(Ecolo)
• Governing party/ies	Ecolo, MR, PS
Area
• Total	40.59 km2 (15.67 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	13,489
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Postal codes	7850
Area codes	02
Website	www.enghien-edingen.be

Enghien (Dutch: Edingen) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Enghien had a total population of 11,980. The total area is 40.59 square kilometres (15.67 sq mi), which gives a population density of 295 inhabitants per km².

The municipality comprises the city of Enghien, and the towns Marcq () (Dutch: Mark) and Petit-Enghien. (Dutch: Lettelingen). It is situated on the language border in the country, and restricted language rights are granted to the Dutch speaking minority (so-called language facilities).

Enghien gave its name to a French duchy and to the commune of Enghien-les-Bains, a suburb of Paris, due to a complex series of family successions: in 1487, Mary of Luxembourg (d. 1547), the only heir of Peter II of Luxembourg (d. 1482), Count of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise and member of one of the branches of the House of Luxembourg, married François de Bourbon-Vendôme (d. 1495), the great-grandfather of King Henry IV of France. Mary of Luxembourg brought as her dowry the fief of Condé-en-Brie (Aisne département, France) and the county of Enghien, among others. These fiefs passed to her grandson Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, uncle of King Henry IV of France, who started the line of the Princes of Condé, the famous cadet branch of the French royal family.