Pont-à-Celles

Pont-à-Celles (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.t‿a sɛl] ⓘ; Walloon: Pont-a-Cele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Buzet, Liberchies, Luttre, Obaix, Pont-à-Celles, Thiméon, and Viesville.

Pont-à-Celles draws its name from Latin Cella, meaning room or cell of monk, probably because of the presence of the monastery founded in the 7th century, by Saint Amand (apostle of Belgium).

The name of Pont-à-Celles appears for the first time during the 16th century, when the monks of the Park built a bridge over the Pieton river near the church.

When in 1795, the French replaced these six seigniories by a newly created municipality, they adopted the name of the parish (Pont-à-Celles).