Warquignies
Warquignies is a village in Colfontaine, Arrondissement of Mons, Wallonia and has about 974 residents. Warquignies is situated nearby to the locality Fosse Vedette, as well as near the hamlet Mouligneau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 974 residents
- Description: section of Colfontaine, Wallonia, Belgium
- Postal code: 7340
Places of Interest
Highlights include Terril Saint Antoine Vedette and Cimetière d’Hornu.
Terril Saint Antoine Vedette
Peak
Photo: Mario52, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terril Saint Antoine Vedette is a peak, which is situated 3½ km west of Warquignies.
Cimetière d’Hornu
Cemetery
Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cimetière d’Hornu is a cemetery, which is situated 3½ km north of Warquignies.
Femme immigrée, pont entre générations et cultures
Work of art
Photo: Jmh2o, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Femme immigrée, pont entre générations et cultures is a work of art, which is situated 4 km north of Warquignies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colfontaine and Wasmes.
Colfontaine
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Colfontaine is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. 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
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
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. Wasmes is situated 3 km northeast of Warquignies.
Boussu-Bois
Hamlet
Photo: Mario52, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boussu-Bois is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of Warquignies.
Warquignies
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Colfontaine, Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.40092° or 50° 24′ 3″ northLongitude
3.82203° or 3° 49′ 19″ eastPopulation
974Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)Open location code
9F25CR2C+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 670199189OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2784028Wikidata ID
Q2802761
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Warquignies” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Warquignies”
- French: “Warquignies”
- Hungarian: “Warquignies”
- Irish: “Warquignies”
- Polish: “Warquignies”
- “Warquignies”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fosse Vedette and Mouligneau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Sainte-Vierge and Cimetière de Warquignies.
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