The N6 is a national route in Belgium that connects Brussels with Mons and the French border near Quévy.[1]

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National Route 6
Dutch: Nationale Weg 6
French: Route nationale 6
Route information
Length68 km (42 mi)
Major junctions
FromBrussels
ToQuévy
Location
CountryBelgium
Major citiesBrussels, Halle, Mons
Highway system
  • Highways of Belgium

The road is one of the 9 major national routes and starts at the Brussels inner ring road. It goes southwest through the major suburb Anderlecht. The road crosses the Brussels Ring road, R0 before shortly entering Flanders. In Flanders, it only passes the midsized city Halle. Just south of Halle, the road enters Wallonia, passing cities like Tubize, Soignies and the E42/E19 highway before reaching the major city of Mons, the capital of the Hainaut Province. After Mons, the road directs south to connect the city with the French city Maubeuge. The road ends at the border in Quévy.

The N6 crosses or borders 11 municipalities. 2 in the Brussels Capital Region, 3 in Flemish Brabant, 2 in Walloon Brabant and 4 in Hainaut. A full list of municipalities[2] can be found below. Major municipalities are in bold.

Region Province Municipality Population Length of N6 (km)
 Brussels Capital Region / City of Brussels 188737 0.1
Anderlecht 122547 5.7
 Flanders  Flemish Brabant Sint-Pieters-Leeuw 35486 7.1
Beersel 26013 2.0
Halle 41281 5.9
 Wallonia  Walloon Brabant Tubize 27774 5.3
Rebecq 10977 3.0
 Hainaut Braine-le-Comte 22752 8.1
Soignies 28523 12.1
Mons 96545 14.2
Quévy 8087 7.1

Junction list[1][2] edit

Province Municipality Section Junction Northbound destinations Southbound destinations
   

Brussels-capital Region

City of Brussels Brussels- Anderlecht   Brussels (188.737 inh.)

  R20 Brussels inner ring road

Brussels Halle

Mons

Anderlecht   Brussels–Charleroi Canal

  N215 Cartier Heyvaert

  N274 Scheut

  Anderlecht (122.547 inh.)

  N282 Erasmus Hospital, Lennik

  (Sint-Pieters-Leeuw) R0, Brussels Ring, Brussels Airport, Waterloo, Liège (E40), Leuven (E40), Ghent (E40), Antwerp (E19), Charleroi (E19), Mons (E19), Namur (E411), Tournai (E429)

   

Flanders

Flemish Brabant

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Sint-Pieters-Leeuw - Halle   Negenmanneke (6.915 inh.)

  Zuun

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw / Beersel The N6 forms the border between Sint-Pieters-Leeuw and Beersel.

  Lot (5.032)

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw   Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (35.486 inh.)
Halle   Halle (41.284 inh.)

  N28 Pepingen, Ninove

Start of concurrency with N28

  N7 Hondzocht, Enghien, Ath, Tournai

End of concurrency with N28

  N28 Braine-le-Château, Nivelles

  E429, N203a (Halle-Center) Brussels (E19), Enghien, Ath, Tournai,   France (Lille, Paris)

  Lembeek (7.905 inh.)

Tubize

Mons

   

Wallonia

Walloon Brabant

Tubize Tubize - Rebecq   Tubize (27.774 inh.)

  Renard

Halle

Brussels

Soignies

Mons

Rebecq   N280 Virginal-Samme, Ittre
   WalloniaHainaut Braine-le-Comte Braine-le-Comte - Mons   N533 Henripont, Ronquières, Nivelles

  Braine-le-Comte (22.752 inh.)

  N532 Écaussinnes, La Louvière

  N57, N57b Écaussinnes, La Louvière, Soignies, Enghien, Silly, Ath, Lessines, Ronse

Tubize

Brussels

Soignies   N55 Enghien

  Soignies (28.523 inh.)

  N524 Neufvilles, Lens

  N55 Naast, Le Rœulx, Binche

  Casteau (3.099 inh.)

Mons
Mons Mons   Maisières (4.002 inh.)

  23 (Soignies) E19, E42 Tournai, Saint-Ghislain, Brussels, La Louvière, Charleroi, Liège,   France (Valenciennes, Lille, Paris)

  N56 Jurbise, Lens, Ath

  N552 Obourg, Bustiau

  Canal du Centre

  Nimy (4.663 inh.)

  R50, Mons inner ring road Mons, Saint-Ghislain, Tournai, Quaregnon, Quévy, Chimay, Binche, Charleroi, La LouvièreAth, Brussels,   France (Valenciennes, Maubeuge)

Interruption by R50 (Mons inner ring road) with junctions to N50 (Tournai), N51 (  France (Valenciennes)), N554 (Cuesmes), N90 (Charleroi)

  R50, Mons inner ring road Mons, Saint-Ghislain, Tournai, Quaregnon, Quévy, Chimay, Binche, Charleroi, La Louvière, Ath, Brussels   France (Valenciennes, Maubeuge)

  Hyon (4.028 inh.)

  N544 Cuesmes, Frameries

  N543 Ciply, Genly, Rieu-de-Bury

  Ciply (764 inh.)

  Nouvelles (311 inh.)

Soignies

Brussels

  France (Maubeuge)
Quévy Mons - Quévy   4 R5, Mons outer ring road Mons, Frameries, Saint-Ghislain, Tournai (E42), Charleroi (E42), Brussels (E19),   France (Valenciennes) (E19)

  Asquillies (439 inh.)

  N546 Givry, Frameries, Colfontaine

  N563 Havay, Givry, Estinnes, Binche

Mons
    Continuation by N2 towards Maubeuge

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  2. ^ a b "Belgium: Regions, Provinces, Arrondissements, Cities, Municipalities, Sub-Municipalities, Agglomerations, Sectors - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-04-13.