Marchienne-au-Pont

Marchienne-au-Pont
Marchienne-au-Pont
Former municipality of Belgium
	Location in the municipality of Charleroi
	Marchienne-au-Pont Location in Belgium
	Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°23′E / 50.400°N 4.383°ECoordinates: 50°24′N 4°23′E / 50.400°N 4.383°E
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Hainaut
Municipality	Charleroi
Area
• Total	2.56 sq mi (6.64 km2)
Population (2001)
• Total	16,739
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6030
Area code(s)	071

Marchienne-au-Pont (Walloon: Mårciene) is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within Wallonia in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune in its own right before the merger of communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.

Sights[]

The Castle of Cartier was built on the ruins of an earlier castle, which had been 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 The outer bailey has been replaced by a public swimming pool and the park has been partly destroyed.^{[citation needed]}
The city walls.^{[citation needed]}

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
André Souris, classical music composer associated with the Surrealists^[1]^{[circular reference]}

Gallery[]

Château Bilquin de Cartier
Holy Virgin church

References[]

^ André Souris

External links[]

[1] André Souris

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