Morlanwelz
Morlanwelz Marlanwé (Walloon) | |
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![]() Morlanwelz town hall | |
Coordinates: 50°27′N 04°14′E / 50.450°N 4.233°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Hainaut |
Arrondissement | La Louvière |
Government | |
• Mayor | Christian Moureau |
• Governing party/ies | PS |
Area | |
• Total | 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 19,019 |
• Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 7140, 7141 |
NIS code | 58004 |
Area codes | 064 |
Website | www.morlanwelz.be |
Morlanwelz (French pronunciation: [mɔʁlɑ̃we] ; Walloon: Marlanwé) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Morlanwelz had a total population of 18,595. The total area is 20.26 km2 which gives a population density of 918 inhabitants per km2. Its postcode is 7140.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Carnières, Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde, and Morlanwelz-Mariemont.
Sister cities
[edit]Notable people of Morlanwelz
[edit]Born in Morlanwelz:
- Elio Di Rupo (1951), Walloon Minister President.
- Arthur Warocqué (1835–1880), industrialist and promoter of Belgian horticulture[2] after whom the arum Anthurium warocqueanum was named.[3]
Resided in Morlanwelz:
- Raoul Warocqué (1870–1917), Belgian industrialist and Mayor of Morlanwelz (1900–1917)
- Marino Stephano née Stéphane Marino (1974-1999), Belgian Trance music producer and DJ.[4][5][6]
Image gallery
[edit]- Parc de Mariemont
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Arthur Warocqué (French)
- ^ James Herbert Veitch (2006). Hortus Veitchii (reprint ed.). Caradoc Doy. p. 227. ISBN 0-9553515-0-2.
- ^ "Marino Stephano". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ "Marino Stephano - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ "Marino Stephano", Wikipedia (in German), 2018-05-30, retrieved 2020-03-22
External links
[edit]Media related to Morlanwelz at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website