Binche (BE)

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Binche is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.[The motto of the city is "Plus Oultre" (meaning "Further" in Old French), which was the motto of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who in 1545 gave the medieval castle of Binche to his sister, Queen Mary of Hungary, Governess of the Netherlands. She lavished attention on Binche, which she had rebuilt under the direction of an architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq, remembered today as the first master of Giambologna. The château, intended to rival Fontainebleau, was destroyed by the soldiers of Henry II of France in 1554.
In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. See Wikipedia

Since 1977, the municipality of Binche has gathered the town of Binche itself with seven old municipalities : Bray, Buvrinnes, Epinois, Leval-Trahegnies, Péronnes-lez-Binche, Ressaix and Waudrez.

Postal history

The BINCHE post office opened before 1830. It used a Perception code 18 (before 1864) and 41 with points before 1874. The BUVRINNES office opened on 29 November 1883, LEVAL-TRAHEGNIES on 3 August 1893, RESSAIX on 12 December 1906.