Wasmes

Wasmes is a village of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . In January 1879 Vincent van Gogh temporarily moved to the village, in the hamlet of , to take up a post as missionary.
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  • Type: Village with 11,700 residents
  • Description: section of Colfontaine, Belgium
  • Postal code: 7340

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand-Hornu and Saint-Ghislain railway station.

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town in Hornu, near , in . It was built by Henri De Gorge between 1810 and 1830.

Railway station
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is situated 3 km northwest of Wasmes.

Memorial
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is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pâturages and Hornu.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a municipality of located in the , . On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 20,021 inhabitants. The total area is 13.62 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Pâturages, Warquignies, Wasmes.

Wasmes

Latitude
50.42189° or 50° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
3.8438° or 3° 50′ 38″ east
Population
11,700
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
9F25CRCV+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 670199191
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2784019
Wiki­data ID
Q2350085
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Walloon—“Wasmes” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Wasmes”
  • Dutch: “Wasmes”
  • Esperanto: “Wasmes”
  • French: “Wasmes”
  • German: “Wasmes”
  • Haitian: “Wam (Kòfontèn)”
  • Haitian: “Wam”
  • Hungarian: “Wasmes”
  • Irish: “Wasmes”
  • Latin: “Wasmia”
  • Persian: “واسمه”
  • Picard: “Wames”
  • Polish: “Wasmes (Colfontaine)”
  • Polish: “Wasmes”
  • Russian: “Вам”
  • Spanish: “Wasmes”
  • Walloon: “Wame-e-Borinaedje”

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