Braine-le-Comte is a city and municipality in Belgium, located in the province of Hainaut within the Wallonia region. It lies in the French-speaking southern part of the country, which constitutes the Walloon territory.
As a municipality, Braine-le-Comte holds the status of both a city and an administrative unit of local government, a dual designation common among Belgian towns. Its position in Hainaut places it within one of Belgium's ten provinces, in the country's Walloon region.