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 | | Steenkerke, village, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, near Mons. |
 | | There, in 1692, the French under Marshal François Henri de Luxembourg defeated William III of England in the War of the Grand Alliance. |
 | | Coal mining, which has declined in recent years, and the production of steel, chemicals, and cement are concentrated in the Sambre and Meuse valleys, in the Borinage around Mons, Charleroi, Namur, and Liège, and in the Campine coal basin. |
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