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Morlanwelz
Coat of armsLocation in Belgium Coordinates: 50°27′N 04°14′E / 50.45°N 4.233°E 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 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.
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Sister cities
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]
References
- ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)
- ^ Arthur Warocqué (French)
- ^ James Herbert Veitch (2006 reprint). Hortus Veitchii. Caradoc Doy. p. 227. ISBN 0-9553515-0-2.
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- Hainaut geography stubs
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