Bernissart

Coordinates: 50°29′N 03°39′E / 50.483°N 3.650°E / 50.483; 3.650
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Bernissart
Bernissåt  (Picard)
Flag of Bernissart
Coat of arms of Bernissart
Bernissart is located in Belgium
Bernissart
Bernissart
Location in Belgium
Location of Bernissart in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°29′N 03°39′E / 50.483°N 3.650°E / 50.483; 3.650
CountryBelgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementAth
Government
 • MayorRoger Vanderstraeten (PS)
 • Governing party/iesPS - Ecolo
Area
 • Total43.81 km2 (16.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total11,868
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Postal codes
7320-7322
Area codes069
Websitewww.bernissart.be

Bernissart is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 11513 people lived there.[2] It is at 50° 28 North, 03° 39 East.[3]

The Iguanodon mine[change | change source]

In 1878, dozens of Iguanodon skeletons were discovered in a coal mine, at a depth of 322 m (1,056 ft). Mounted by Louis Dollo, nine of the twenty-nine skeletons are on display at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. One is at the Bernissart Museum. Found with the Iguanodon skeletons were the remains of plants, fish, and other reptiles,[4] The sediments belong to the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. "Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. "Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  4. Norman, David B. 1985. To Study a Dinosaur. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. New York: Crescent Books. pp. 24–33. ISBN 0-517-46890-5