Charleroi

Charleroi (Walloon: Tch?lerw?) is a city and a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1 2005 Charleroi had a total population of 201,373. The total area is 102.08 km² which gives a population density of 1,972.75 inhabitants per km². The agglomeration has a population of around 500,000. The inhabitants are called Carolor?giens or simply Carolos.

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The municipality features an industrial area, iron and steel industry, glassmakings, chemicals, electrical engineerings. Charleroi is in the center of a vast coal basin, called Pays noir. Surrounding the town, there are still many slag heaps.

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Charleroi: Charleroi (Walloon: Tch?lerw?) is a city and a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1 2005 Charleroi had a total population of 201,373. The total area is 102.08 km² which gives a population density of 1,972.75 inhabitants per km². The agglomeration has a pop...

Walloon: The term Walloon may refer to either the Walloon language, or to the ethnic people of the same name....

Municipality: A municipality or "general-purpose district" (compare with: "special-purpose district") is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government....