Frameries
Municipality in Hainaut Province, Wallonia, Belgium
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Frameries (French pronunciation: [fʁam(ə)ʁi]; Picard: Framrie; Walloon: Framriye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Frameries
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 Church Square and the big sundial | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Frameries in Hainaut | |
 Interactive map of Frameries | |
  Frameries Location in Belgium | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°54′E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Hainaut |
| Arrondissement | Mons |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Marc Dupont (PS) |
| • Governing party | Coalition PS-MR |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 21,878 |
| • Density | 838.6/km2 (2,172/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 7080 |
| NIS code | 53028 |
| Area codes | 065 |
| Website | www.frameries.be |
The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.
Sport
Frameries is home to Rugby Union club RC Frameries who currently play in the Belgian Elite League and hosts the finish of the Grand Prix Pino Cerami cycling race.
Personalities
- Eugène Boch, painter and friend of Vincent van Gogh[2]
- Auguste Toubeau, trade unionist
Twin towns
- La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Willmar, Minnesota, USA
Image gallery
St. Waltrude's church
Châssis à molette (Wallonia French, also Belfleur; French chevalement), Gallow frame of the Crachet (reconstruction) in Frameries
