Couillet, Belgium
Former municipality of Belgium in Wallonia
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Couillet ([kujɛ]; Walloon: Couyet) is a town of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Couillet
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Former municipality of Belgium | |
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Coat of arms | |
 Location in the municipality of Charleroi | |
  Couillet Location in Belgium | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°26′E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Community | French Community |
| Province | Hainaut |
| Municipality | Charleroi |
| 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 |
It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.
Culture
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.
Solvay fraternity (1937-1939)
Saint Lawrence church (16th century)
Former town hall (1882)
German Monument "Den Kameraden" from 1915, blasted in 1920.
![German Monument "Den Kameraden" from 1915, blasted in 1920.](#/media/File:Couillet_-_monument_"Den_Kameraden"_-_06.jpg)
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