query: How large is the Hainaut province in France?
passage: Hainaut Province
Hainaut province is divided into 7 administrative districts (arrondissements), subdivided into a total of 69 municipalities. It has an area of 3,800 square kilometres (1,500sqmi).
passage: Le Quesnoy
However, the city exhausted by that time, would never regain the prestige that made it the second largest city in French Hainaut.