Tournai

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Tournai Tornai (Picard) Tournai (French) Doornik (Dutch)
City and municipality
Grand-Place of Tournai
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Tournai
Tournai Location in Belgium Location of Tournai in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°36′20″N 03°23′17″E / 50.60556°N 3.38806°E / 50.60556; 3.38806
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Tournai
Government
• Mayor	Paul-Olivier Delannois (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS-cdH
Area
• Total	215.34 km2 (83.14 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	69,554
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Postal codes	7500-7548
NIS code	57081
Area codes	069
Website	tournai.be

Tournai or Tournay (/tʊərˈneɪ/ toor-NAY; French: [tuʁnɛ] ^ⓘ; Dutch: Doornik [ˈdoːrnɪk] ^ⓘ; Picard: Tornai; Walloon: Tornè [tɔʀnɛ] ^ⓘ; Latin: Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt,^[2] and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai,^[3] In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.^[4]

Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, with Clovis I being born here.