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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quaregnon railway station and Grand-Hornu.

Quaregnon railway station

Railway stop

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Quaregnon railway station is a railway stop.

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.

Mons.Arena

Stadium

Mons.Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Mons, Belgium. Mons.Arena has a capacity of 3,700 people. It hosts the home games of Belfius Mons-Hainaut basketball club.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quaregnon and Saint-Ghislain.

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.

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.

Hornu

Village

Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hornu is a village.

Wasmes

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Elwasmes”
Category: body of water
Location: Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.45° or 50° 27′ north

Longitude

3.85° or 3° 51′ east

Elevation

23 metres (75 feet)

Open location code

9F25CRXX+XX

GeoNames ID

6957732

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