Parc d’activité économique Wasmes les Vanneaux

Parc d’activité économique Wasmes les Vanneaux is in Colfontaine, Arrondissement of Mons, Wallonia. Parc d’activité économique Wasmes les Vanneaux is situated nearby to the government office Hôtel de ville de la commune de Colfontaine, as well as near Carré Communal Yvon Biefnot.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grand-Hornu and Mausolée de la famille De Gorge.

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. Grand-Hornu is situated 1 km north of Parc d’activité économique Wasmes les Vanneaux.

Mausolée de la famille De Gorge

Memorial

Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mausolée de la famille De Gorge is a memorial, which is situated 1 km north of Parc d’activité économique Wasmes les Vanneaux.

Cimetière d’Hornu

Cemetery

Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cimetière d’Hornu is a cemetery, which is situated 1½ km west of Parc d’activité économique Wasmes les Vanneaux.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wasmes and Hornu.

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.