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Marchienne au Pont

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Country
  
Belgium

Community
  
French Community

Postal code
  
6030

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:11 AM

Area code
  
071

Province
  
Hainaut

Region
  
Wallonia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
6.64 km²

Population
  
16,739 (2001)

Municipality
  
Charleroi

Marchienne-au-Pont

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 92% Humidity

Marchienne-au-Pont is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune of its own before the merge of the communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.

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Map of Marchienne-au-Pont, 6030 Charleroi, Belgium

Sights

  • The Castle of Cartier - built on the ruins of another castle, which was destroyed by the troops of Henri II on July 21, 1554. The Cartier family owned it from 1726 to 1938. It was converted to a library in April 2002, the basse court has been replaced by a public swimming pool and the park has been partly destroyed.
  • The city walls.

    • Yvonne Viesley

    On October 12, 1918, Yvonne Viesley, age 10, was shot by a German soldier after she tried to pass a piece of bread to French prisoners through the bars of a gate. French president Poincaré gave her a posthumous medal of honor on September 11, 1919. A monument has been built where she fell.

    People born in Marchienne-au-Pont

  • Fernand Verhaegen, painter and etcher

    • References

    Marchienne-au-Pont Wikipedia
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