Charleroi

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city municipality

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wallonia → containsCity → Charleroi ⓘ
Wallonia → largestCity → Charleroi ⓘ
Georges Lemaître → placeOfBirth → Charleroi ⓘ