Fayt-lez-Manage (French: [fa(j)ilemanaʒ],[1] literally Fayt near Manage; Walloon: El Fayi-dlé-Manadje) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Manage, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Fayt-lez-Manage
El Fayi-dlé-Manadje (Walloon)
Place Albert I
Place Albert I
Coat of arms of Fayt-lez-Manage
Fayt-lez-Manage is located in Belgium
Fayt-lez-Manage
Coordinates: 50°25′40″N 4°12′58″E / 50.4278°N 4.216°E / 50.4278; 4.216
Country Belgium
Region Wallonia
Province Hainaut
Municipality Manage

The name dates to 1920, previously it was called Fayt-lez-Seneffe. It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.

The locality is served by bus 30 Anderlues - Morlanwelz - La Louvière - Strépy-Bracquenies - Thieu.

People

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Notes

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  1. ^ Pierret 1994, p. 105.

Sources

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  • Pierret, Jean-Marie (1994), Phonétique historique du français et notions de phonétique générale (in French), Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters

Further reading

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  • J. Strale (1988), Châteaux et grandes familles de Fayt (in French), Commission d'histoire de Fayt-lez-Manage, pp. 9–29
  • J. De Soignie (1873), "Notice historique sur Fayt-lez-Seneffe", Annales du Cercle Archéologique de Mons (in French), 11: 234–239
  • "château de l'Escaille", Inventaire du patrimoine wallon (in French)