Blaton

Blaton ( ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bernissart located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was formerly a separate municipality until it merged in 1977.

Blaton ( ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bernissart located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was formerly a separate municipality until it merged in 1977. ==Etymology== The name of Blaton originates from the Latin word "Ablatonis," which transformed into the Gallo-Roman "Ablatonas," meaning at the huts. ==Geography== ===Situation=== The village of Blaton has an altitude ranging from 27 meters at the level of the Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes canal to 67 meters in the Bon-Secours Forest. This village is served by railway line 78, with Blaton station located in its center, as well as by the E42 highway, being situated 22 km from both the city of Mons and the city of Tournai. It is also crossed by three canals: Blaton-Ath, Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes, and Pommerœul-Antoing, earning it the nickname "Little Venice of Hainaut". This strategic location, at the crossroads of major road, rail, and waterway networks, reinforces its importance in the region. ==Notable residents== Victor Martin, a Belgian Resistance member and academic sociologist who was sent to report on allegations of mass-murder of Jews in Poland for the resistance in 1943. Luce Irigaray, a feminist philosopher and linguist who was born in Blaton in 1930¹. ==References==

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