Ellezelles

Ellezelles (French pronunciation: [ɛlzɛl] ^ⓘ; Dutch: Elzele; Picard: Elzîle; Walloon: Elziele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Ellezelles Elzîle (Picard) Elzele (Dutch)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ellezelles
Ellezelles Location in Belgium The municipality in Ath arrondissement in the province of Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°44′N 03°41′E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Ath
Government
• Governing party/ies	Liste du Bourgmestre (LB) - Ecolo
Area
• Total	45.11 km2 (17.42 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	6,001
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Postal codes	7890
NIS code	51017
Area codes	068
Website	www.ellezelles.be

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.^[2]

"Wild cat" windmill (1751)

Notable people

• Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (1522 in La Hamaide near Ellezelles – executed in 1568) a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War.^[3]
• Richard Ely (born 1974 in Ellezelles) a Belgian writer, journalist and ethnobotanist.