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Farciennes

Municipality in Hainaut Province, Wallonia, Belgium

Summary

Municipality in Hainaut Province, Wallonia, Belgium

FieldValue
nameFarciennes
native_name
pictureLe château de Farciennes.jpg
picture-legendFarciennes Castle
mapFarciennes Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
map-legendLocation of Farciennes in Hainaut
armsBlason Farciennes.svg
flagFarciennes_Belgium.svg
provinceHainaut
arrondissementCharleroi
nis52018
mayorHugues Bayet (PS)
majorityPS
postal-codes6240
telephone-area071
webwww.farciennes.be
coordinates

|picture-legend= Farciennes Castle |map-legend=Location of Farciennes in Hainaut |postal-codes=6240 |telephone-area=071 Farciennes (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On January 1, 2018, Farciennes had a total population of 11,247. The total area is 10.39 km2 which gives a population density of 1,083 inhabitants per km2. It is located on the entre-Sambre-et-Meuse in the periphery of Charleroi.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Farciennes and Pironchamps. The boroughs of Wainage, Wairchat and Tergnée are part of the district of Farciennes.

In the past, Farciennes was an industrial city. It declined with the closure of the last Walloon coal mine, namely the Sainte-Catherine shaft of the Roton company, and the fall of the iron and steel industries, formerly large employers in the area between Liège and Charleroi. Today, the site of Roton, of which only the tower and the cloakroom remain, has been developed to accommodate small and medium-sized businesses.

Notable people

  • Olivier Carette, footballer
  • Laurent Ciman, footballer

References

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