Charleroi

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Charleroi is a major industrial city in the Walloon region of Belgium, historically important as a fortified stronghold and later as a center of coal mining and heavy industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
airportIATA CRL
coordinateLatitude 50.411
coordinateLongitude 4.444
country Belgium
demonym Carolo
economicSector aeronautics
logistics
manufacturing
elevation about 120 meters above sea level
fortificationsBuiltBy Vauban
foundingDate 1666
governingRegion Walloon Region NERFINISHED
hasAirport Brussels South Charleroi Airport
hasCulturalVenue Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi
Rockerill
hasMetro Charleroi Metro
hasMuseum BPS22 (Hainaut Province Museum of Fine Arts)
Bois du Cazier
Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi
hasUniversityCampus University of Mons
surface form: Université de Mons campus in Charleroi

Université libre de Bruxelles campus in Charleroi
historicalRole coal mining center
fortified stronghold
heavy industry center
isRailHub true
knownFor coal mining
glass industry
steel industry
locatedIn Hainaut
surface form: Hainaut Province

Wallonia NERFINISHED
locatedOn Sambre
surface form: Sambre River
mayorTitle Bourgmestre
namedAfter Charles II of Spain NERFINISHED
notableEvent Bois du Cazier mining disaster of 1956
officialLanguage French
parliamentaryConstituency Hainaut
partOf French-speaking Community of Belgium
surface form: French-speaking Belgium
population approximately 200000 inhabitants
postalCodeRange 6000–6044
region Pays Noir
sports football
sportsTeam R. Charleroi S.C.
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
twinCity Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh

Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED
Wolfsburg
urbanAreaPopulation over 400000 inhabitants

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