Morlanwelz

Morlanwelz
Coat of arms
Morlanwelz Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°27′N 04°14′E / 50.45°N 4.233°E / 50.45; 4.233
Country	Belgium
Region	Walloon Region
Community	French Community
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Thuin
Government
- Mayor	Jacques Fauconnier
- Governing party/ies	PS
Area
- Total	20.26 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
- Total	18,852
- Density	930.5/km2 (2,410/sq mi)
Postal codes	7140, 7141
Area codes	064
Website	www.morlanwelz.be
Map of Morlanwelz

Morlanwelz is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Morlanwelz had a total population of 18,595. The total area is 20.26 km² which gives a population density of 918 inhabitants per km². Its postcode is 7140.

The Morlanwelz municipality includes the old communes of Morlanwelz-Mariemont, Carnières and Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde.

Sister cities

• Villarosa, Italy (2002)
• Le Quesnoy, France
• Pleszew, Poland
• Blaj, Romania

External links

• Official website: [1]
• Villarosa official website: [2]
• Villarosani.it - Villarosa Citizens Community: [3]

Born in Morlanwelz

• Elio Di Rupo (1951), politician.
• Arthur Warocqué (1835–1880), Industrialist and promotor of Belgian horticulture^[2] after whom the arum Anthurium warocqueanum was named.^[3]

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References

1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)
2. ^ Arthur Warocqué (French)
3. ^ James Herbert Veitch (2006 reprint). Hortus Veitchii. Caradoc Doy. p. 227. ISBN 0-9553515-0-2.