Hornu
Hornu is a village in Boussu, Arrondissement of Mons, Wallonia and has about 8,790 residents. Hornu is situated nearby to the locality 4 Pavés, as well as near the town Saint-Ghislain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 8,790 residents
- Description: section of Boussu, Belgium
- Postal code: 7301
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand-Hornu and Saint-Ghislain railway station.
Grand-Hornu
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Grand-Hornu is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town in Hornu, near Mons, in Belgium. It was built by Henri De Gorge between 1810 and 1830.
Cimetière d’Hornu
Cemetery
Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cimetière d’Hornu is a cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Ghislain and Wasmes.
Saint-Ghislain
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Saint-Ghislain is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 23,335 inhabitants.
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.
Boussu
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Boussu is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. As of January 1, 2006, Boussu had a population of 20,058. The total area is 20.01 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussu and Hornu.
Hornu
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Boussu, Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.43356° or 50° 26′ 1″ northLongitude
3.82756° or 3° 49′ 39″ eastPopulation
8,790Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE HRUOpen location code
9F25CRMH+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 670199193OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Hornu” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hornu”
- French: “Hornu”
- Hungarian: “Hornu”
- Irish: “Hornu”
- Japanese: “ホルヌ”
- Latin: “Hornutum”
- Luxembourgish: “Hornu”
- Polish: “Hornu”
- Russian: “Орню”
- Slovenian: “Hornu”
- “Hornu”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 4 Pavés and Wasmuel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Martin and Maison communale d’Hornu.
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