{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Thines | native_name = | image_skyline = Belgique - Brabant wallon - Eglise Sainte-Marguerite de Thines - 00.jpg | image_caption = Thines, the village church | imagesize = | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x100px | pushpin_map = Belgium#Europe | pushpin_label = Thines | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|50|35|51|N|04|22|06|E|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Belgium}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Wallonia}} | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Drapeau Province BE Brabant Wallon.svg}} Walloon Brabant | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = Municipality | subdivision_name4 = {{flagicon image|Nivelles Belgium.svg}} Nivelles | population_density_km2 = auto }} '''Thines''' ({{IPA|fr|tin}}) is a village of and a district of the municipality of Nivelles, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
The village is mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1181. From the middle of the 12th century until 1312, the village was a possession of the Knights Templar. During the wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, Thines suffered much devastation. The village church ''({{ill|Église Sainte-Marguerite de Thines|fr}})'' is a historical building, the oldest parts of which (facing west and the street) are from {{circa}} 1200.<ref name=grguide>{{cite book |editor-last= Menne|editor-first= Gilbert|date= 2014|title= Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles|location= Brussels|publisher= Racine|pages= 824–825|isbn=978-94-014-1418-0}}</ref><ref name=inventaire>{{cite web |url= https://lampspw.wallonie.be/dgo4/site_ipic/index.php/fiche/index?sortCol=2&sortDir=asc&start=0&nbElemPage=10&filtre=&codeInt=25072-INV-0244-02|title= Eglise paroissiale (Eglise Sainte-Margueritte)|language=French|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Inventaire du patrimoine immobilier culturel|publisher= Wallonie patrimoine|access-date= 14 October 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Belgium-geo-stub}}
Category:Populated places in Walloon Brabant