Charleroi
city in Wallonia, Belgium
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Summary
Charleroi is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Charleroi has Wikipedia articles in 85 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Charleroi[3]
- Country: Belgium[4]
- Head of government: Thomas Dermine[5]
- Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city[6], city[7], big city[8]
- Capital: Charleroi (1666-1976)[9]
- Official language: French[10]
- Shares border with: Châtelet[11], Fleurus[12], Fontaine-l'Évêque[13], Courcelles[14], Les Bons Villers[15], Gerpinnes[16], Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes[17], Pont-à-Celles[18], Montigny-le-Tilleul[19]
- Named after: Charleroi (1666-1976)[20]
- Flag: flag of Charleroi[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Schramberg[22], Sélestat[23], Manoppello[24], Casarano[25], Follonica[26], Himeji[27], Hirson[28], Saint-Junien[29], Donetsk[30], Pittsburgh[31], Waldkirch[32]
- Postal code: 6010[33], 6000[34], 6031[35], 6001[36], 6020[37], 6040[38], 6042[39], 6030[40], 6061[41], 6032[42], 6041[43], 6060[44], 6044[45], 6043[46]
- Part of: Police Zone Charleroi[47], Emergency zone Hainaut East[48]
- Commons category: Charleroi[49]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[50]
- Local dialing code: 071[51]
- Coordinate location: 50.416666666667, 4.4441666666667[52]
- Official website: http://www.charleroi.be[53]
- Topic's main category: Category:Charleroi[54]
- Commons gallery: Charleroi[55]
- Email address: mailto:info@charleroi.be[56]
- Population: 201,761[57], 201,816[58], 202,267[59], 204,322[60], 203,785[61], 202,421[62]
Why It Matters
Charleroi is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]