Couillet, Belgium

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Couillet
Former municipality of Belgium
Coat of arms of Couillet
Coat of arms
Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Couillet is located in Belgium
Couillet
Couillet
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°26′E / 50.400°N 4.433°E / 50.400; 4.433Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°26′E / 50.400°N 4.433°E / 50.400; 4.433
Country Belgium
Region Wallonia
CommunityWallonia French Community
Province Hainaut
MunicipalityDrapeau ville be Charleroi.svg Charleroi
Area
 • Total4.81 sq mi (12.47 km2)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total12,546
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6010
Area code(s)071

Couillet ([kujɛ]; Walloon: Couyet) is a Belgian town and district of the city of Charleroi, Wallonia in the province of Hainaut. It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.

Culture[]

The local theater company playing in Walloon language, the "Cercle (royal) wallon de Couillet", won the "Grand Prix du Roi Albert I" Walloon-speaking theater contest in 1932, 1952 and 1976.

  • Solvay fraternity (1937-1939)

  • Saint Lawrence church (16th century)

  • Former town hall (1882)

  • German Monument "Den Kameraden" from 1915, blasted in 1920.


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