Couillet, Belgium
Appearance
Couillet
Couyet (Walloon) | |
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Former municipality of Belgium | |
![]() Location in the municipality of Charleroi | |
Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°26′E / 50.400°N 4.433°E | |
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Area | |
• Total | 4.81 sq mi (12.47 km2) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 12,546 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 6010 |
Area code | 071 |
Couillet ([kujɛ]; Walloon: Couyet) is a town of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.
Culture
[edit]The local theater company playing in Walloon language, the "Cercle (royal) wallon de Couillet", won the "Grand Prix du Roi Albert I" Walloon-speaking theater contest in 1932, 1952 and 1976.
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Solvay fraternity (1937-1939)
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Saint Lawrence church (16th century)
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Former town hall (1882)
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German Monument "Den Kameraden" from 1915, blasted in 1920.