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Charleroi

Charleroi (Walloon: TchÃ¥lerwè) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1st, 2002 Charleroi had a total population of 200,578 (96,625 males and 103,953 females). The total area is 103.09 km² which gives a population density of 1,945.66 inhabitants per km². The agglomeration is around 500,000It is the fourth largest city in Belgium and the largest in Wallonia. The inhabitants are called Carolingians.

The municipality features an industrial area , iron and steel industry, glassmakings, chemicals, electrical engineerings. Charleroi is in the center of a vast coal basin, maintaining completely given up, called Pays noir.

Table of contents

1 History 2 See also 3 External link

History

The origin of the city is a small village named Charnoy, in 1666 the Spaniards build there a fortress which was named Charleroy in the honor of the child-king Charles II.

See also

• Municipalities of Belgium

External link

• Official web site

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Charleroi is also a village in Pennsylvania in the United States: Charleroi, Pennsylvania.

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