Wasmes
Wasmes is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Colfontaine, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In January 1879 Vincent van Gogh temporarily moved to the village, in the hamlet of Petit Wasmes, to take up a post as missionary.- Village with 11,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 80 metres (262 feet)
- Description: section of Colfontaine, Belgium
- Postal code: 7340
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand-Hornu and Femme immigrée, pont entre générations et cultures.
Femme immigrée, pont entre générations et cultures
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pâturages and Hornu.
Colfontaine
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Wasmes
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Latitude
50.42189° or 50° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
3.8438° or 3° 50′ 38″ east
Open location code
9F25CRCV+QG
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Administration Communale and Église Notre-Dame.
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