Colfontaine
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand-Hornu and Flénu-Produits 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.
SparkOH!
Museum
Photo: Jamain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
SparkOH! is a museum, which is situated 3½ km east of Colfontaine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frameries and Quaregnon.
Frameries
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Frameries is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.
Quaregnon
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Quaregnon is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2018 Quaregnon had a total population of 19,006. The total area is 11.08 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Quaregnon and Wasmuel. Quaregnon is situated 3½ km north of Colfontaine.
Colfontaine
- Type: Locality with 20,800 residents
- Also known as: “53082”
- Location: Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.4118° or 50° 24′ 43″ northLongitude
3.8529° or 3° 51′ 11″ eastPopulation
20,800Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)Open location code
9F25CV63+P5GeoNames ID
2800221
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Colfontaine” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Colfontaine”
- French: “Colfontaine”
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