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Frameries (French pronunciation: [fʁam(ə)ʁi]; Picard: Framrie; Walloon: Framriye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Frameries
Framrie (Picard) | |
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 Church Square and the big sundial | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Frameries  | |
  Frameries Location in Belgium
Location of Frameries in Hainaut  | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°54′E / 50.400°N 3.900°E | |
| Community | French community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Hainaut |
| Arrondissement | Mons |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Marc Dupont (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | Coalition PS-MR |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 21,878 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 7080 |
| NIS code | 53028 |
| Area codes | 065 |
| Website | www.frameries.be |
The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.
Sport
editFrameries is home to Rugby Union club RC Frameries who currently play in the Belgian Elite League and hosts the finish of the Grand Prix Pino Cerami cycling race.
Personalities
edit- Eugène Boch, painter and friend of Vincent van Gogh[2]
- Auguste Toubeau, trade unionist
Twin towns
edit- La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Willmar, Minnesota, USA
Image gallery
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St. Waltrude's church
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Châssis à molette (Wallonia French, also Belfleur; French chevalement), Gallow frame of the Crachet (reconstruction) in Frameries
References
edit- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ [1] Letter sent by Vincent van Gogh to Frameries
External links
editMedia related to Frameries at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
- Rugby Club Frameries (in French)
- Football Club in Frameries (in French)
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