Le Rœulx
Le Rœulx is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Le Rœulx had a total population of 7,977.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 8,720 residents
- Description: city in Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “55035” and “Le Roeulx”
- Neighbors: La Louvière and Mons
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strépy-Thieu boat lift and Sart Canal Bridge.
Strépy-Thieu boat lift
The Strépy-Thieu boat lift lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of Le Rœulx, Hainaut, Belgium. With a height difference of 73.15 metres between the upstream and downstream reaches, it was the tallest boat lift in the world upon its completion in 2002, and remained so until the Three Gorges Dam ship lift in China was completed in January 2016.
Thieu railway station
Railway stop
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Thieu railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 3½ km south of Le Rœulx.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Louvière and Thieu.
La Louvière
La Louvière is an industrial city of 80,000 inhabitants in Wallonia, Belgium. It is centrally located between Charleroi and Mons.
Thieu
Village
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Thieu is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Le Rœulx, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 1984, the Living Museum of the Canal du Centre in Thieu was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Ville-sur-Haine
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ville-sur-Haine is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Le Rœulx, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Ville-sur-Haine is situated 3½ km southwest of Le Rœulx.
Le Rœulx
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Location: Arrondissement of Soignies, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Le Rœulx” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Le Rœulx”
- Breton: “Le Rœulx”
- Bulgarian: “Льо Рьолкс”
- Catalan: “Le Rœulx”
- Cebuano: “Le Roeulx”
- Chechen: “Ле ГӀоь”
- Chinese: “勒勒”
- Danish: “Le Rœulx”
- Dutch: “Le Roeulx”
- Dutch: “Le Rœulx”
- Esperanto: “Le Roeulx”
- Esperanto: “Le Rœulx”
- French: “Le Roeulx”
- French: “Le Rœulx”
- German: “Le Roeulx”
- German: “Le Rœulx”
- Hungarian: “Le Rœulx”
- Irish: “Le Rœulx”
- Italian: “Le Rœulx”
- Latin: “Rodium”
- Limburgan: “Le Roeulx”
- Luxembourgish: “Le Rœulx”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Le Rœulx”
- Norwegian: “Le Rœulx”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Le Rœulx”
- Persian: “لو روئولکس”
- Picard: “El Rû”
- Polish: “Le Rœulx”
- Portuguese: “Le Roeulx”
- Romanian: “Le Rœulx”
- Russian: “Ле-Рё”
- Russian: “Ле-Рёлс”
- Slovak: “Le Rœulx”
- Spanish: “Le Rœulx”
- Swedish: “Le Roeulx”
- Swedish: “Le Rœulx”
- Turkish: “Le Roeulx”
- Turkish: “Le Rœulx”
- Ukrainian: “Ле-Рьо”
- Vietnamese: “Le Rœulx”
- Volapük: “Le Rœulx”
- Walloon: “El Rû”
- Waray (Philippines): “Le Rœulx”
- Zeeuws: “Le Rœulx”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bois de la Haye du Roeulx and Canal du Centre.
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