Bernissart
Bernissart is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.
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Bernissåt (Picard) | |
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| Coordinates: 50°29′N 03°39′E / 50.483°N 3.650°ECoordinates: 50°29′N 03°39′E / 50.483°N 3.650°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Hainaut |
| Arrondissement | Ath |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roger Vanderstraeten (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | PS - Ecolo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 7320-7322 |
| Website | www.bernissart.be |
In 2007, 11513 people lived there.[1] It is at 50° 28 North, 03° 39 East.[2]
The Iguanodon mine
In 1878, dozens of Iguanodon skeletons were discovered in a coal mine, at a depth of 322 m (1,056 ft). Mounted by Louis Dollo, nine of the twenty-nine skeletons are on display at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. One is at the Bernissart Museum. Found with the Iguanodon skeletons were the remains of plants, fish, and other reptiles,[3] The sediments belong to the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation.
Bernissart Media
One of the Bernissart Iguanodons on display at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Ancient Thomas Newcomen engine building (1781) in Bernissart.
Ancient Sainte-Barbe pit 3 of the coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium, where were found the remains of a herd of iguanodons in 1878.
Bernissart old station
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References
- ↑ Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls). Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ↑ Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls). Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ↑ Norman, David B. 1985. To Study a Dinosaur. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. New York: Crescent Books. pp. 24–33. ISBN 0-517-46890-5
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