Braine-le-Comte (French: [bʁɛn lə kɔ̃t] ⓘ; Walloon: Brinne-e-Hinnot; Dutch: 's-Gravenbrakel [ˈsxraːvə(m)ˌbraːkəl] ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The total area is 84.68 square kilometres (32.70 sq mi) which gives a population density of 260 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-le-Comte, Hennuyères, Henripont, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine, Ronquières, and Steenkerque.

The Ronquières inclined plane at the Brussels–Charleroi Canal is in the municipality of Braine-le-Comte.

On August 3, 1692, during the Nine Years War, the French army defeated a joint English-Dutch-German army in the Battle of Steenkerque in the current municipality of Braine-le-Comte.