Frameries

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Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Frameries

Framrie (Picard)

Municipality

Church Square and the big sundial

Coat of arms

Location of Frameries

Frameries

Location in Belgium

Location of Frameries in Hainaut

Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°54′E﻿ / ﻿50.400°N 3.900°E﻿ / 50.400; 3.900
Country|  Belgium
Community| French Community
Region| Wallonia
Province| Hainaut
Arrondissement| Mons
Government

• Mayor| Jean-Marc Dupont (PS)
• Governing party/ies| Coalition PS-MR
Area

• Total| 26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total| 21,878
• Density| 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Postal codes|

7080

NIS code|

53028

Area codes| 065
Website| www.frameries.be

Frameries (French pronunciation: [fʁam(ə)ʁi]; Picard: Framrie; Walloon: Framriye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.

## Sport

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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

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* Eugène Boch, painter and friend of Vincent van Gogh[2]
* Auguste Toubeau, trade unionist

## Twin towns

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* La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
* Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
* Willmar, Minnesota, USA

## Image gallery

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* St. Waltrude's church

* Châssis à molette (Wallonia French, also Belfleur; French chevalement), Gallow frame of the Crachet (reconstruction) in Frameries

## References

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1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. ^ [1] Letter sent by Vincent van Gogh to Frameries

## External links

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* Media related to Frameries at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website (in French)
* Rugby Club Frameries (in French)
* Football Club in Frameries (in French)

Places adjacent to Frameries

|  | Quaregnon, Mons |

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Colfontaine
Dour |

Frameries

| Quévy
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Hon-Hergies (FR-59) | Taisnières-sur-Hon (FR-59) |

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Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Ath|

* Ath
* Belœil
* Bernissart
* Brugelette
* Chièvres
* Ellezelles
* Enghien
* Flobecq
* Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
* Lessines
* Silly

Charleroi|

* Aiseau-Presles
* Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
* Charleroi
* Châtelet
* Courcelles
* Farciennes
* Fleurus
* Fontaine-l'Évêque
* Gerpinnes
* Les Bons Villers
* Montigny-le-Tilleul
* Pont-à-Celles

La Louvière|

* Binche
* Estinnes
* La Louvière
* Morlanwelz

Mons|

* Boussu
* Colfontaine
* Dour
* Frameries
* Hensies
* Honnelles
* Jurbise
* Lens
* Mons (Capital)
* Quaregnon
* Quévy
* Quiévrain
* Saint-Ghislain

Soignies|

* Braine-le-Comte
* Écaussinnes
* Le Rœulx
* Manage
* Soignies
* Seneffe

Thuin|

* Anderlues
* Beaumont
* Chimay
* Erquelinnes
* Froidchapelle
* Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
* Lobbes
* Merbes-le-Château
* Momignies
* Sivry-Rance
* Thuin

Tournai-Mouscron|

* Antoing
* Brunehaut
* Celles
* Comines-Warneton
* Estaimpuis
* Leuze-en-Hainaut
* Mont-de-l'Enclus
* Mouscron
* Pecq
* Péruwelz
* Rumes
* Tournai

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* Italic indicates municipalities with language facilities

Authority control databases

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* Germany
* Israel
* United States

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