Boussu

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Boussu
picture=Boussu JPG02.jpg
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region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-HT
arrondissement=Mons
nis=53014
pyramid-date=
0-19=
20-64=
65=
foreigners=
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mayor=Jean-Claude Debiève
majority=PS
postal-codes=7300, 7301
telephone-area=065
web= [http://www.boussu.be/ www.boussu.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=26
lon_deg=03
lon_min=48

Boussu is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. As of January 1, 2006, Boussu had a total population of 20,058. The total area is 20.01 km², which gives a population density of 1,002 inhabitants per km².

Grand Hornu, an early 19th century planned industrial city, is located in Hornu, a former municipality which is now part of Boussu.

Famous inhabitants

*Marcel Moreau, writer