Bois du Cazier

The Bois du Cazier was a coal mine in what was then the town of , near , in which today is preserved as an industrial heritage site.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: coal mine at Charleroi
  • Also known as: “Charbonnage et cité du Bois-du-Cazier” and “Le Bois du Cazier”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marcinelle New Communal Cemetery and Marcinelle New Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot.

Cemetery
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is situated 420 metres south of Bois du Cazier.

Cemetery
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is situated 430 metres south of Bois du Cazier.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Bois du Cazier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cité de l’Enfance and Mont-sur-Marchienne.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Town
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is a town of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977. is situated 3 km west of Bois du Cazier.

Town
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is a municipality of located in the , . On January 1, 2006, had a total population of 10,205. is situated 4½ km west of Bois du Cazier.

Bois du Cazier

Latitude
50.38128° or 50° 22′ 53″ north
Longitude
4.44367° or 4° 26′ 37″ east
Open location code
9F269CJV+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 505009326
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q891068
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Walloon—“Bois du Cazier” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բուա դյու Կազիե”
  • Armenian: “Բուա-դյու-Կազե”
  • Bulgarian: “Боа дю Казие”
  • Catalan: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Chinese: “卡济耶森林矿”
  • Chinese: “卡齐尔森林矿”
  • Dutch: “Bois du Cazier”
  • French: “bois du Cazier”
  • French: “Bois du Cazier”
  • German: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Hungarian: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Italian: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Japanese: “ボワ・デュ・カジエ”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kuelegrouwekatastroph vu Marcinelle”
  • Russian: “Буа-дю-Казье”
  • Slovenian: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Ukrainian: “Буа-дю-Казьє”
  • Vietnamese: “Bois du Cazier”
  • Walloon: “Bwès do Casier”
  • Walloon: “Bwès do Cazî”

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Highlights include Remise à locomotives and Musée de l’Industrie.

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