Editing Courcelles, Belgium

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Courcelles
|native_name={{native_name|wa|Courcele}}
|picture=Courcelles JPG00.jpg
|picture-legend=St. Lambert's church
|map=Courcelles Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Courcelles in Hainaut
|arms=Héraldique Ville BE Courcelles.svg
|flag=Flag of Courcelles.svg
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Charleroi|Charleroi]]
|nis=52015
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Caroline Taquin ([[Reformist Movement|MR]])
|majority=[[Reformist Movement|MR]], [[Humanist Democratic Centre|CDH]], [[Ecolo]]
|postal-codes=6180-6183
|telephone-area=071
|web=[http://www.courcelles.be/ www.courcelles.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|28|N|04|22|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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'''Courcelles''' ({{IPA|fr|kuʁsɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Courcelles.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Courcele}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]. 

As of January 1, 2006, Courcelles had a total population of 29,626. The total area is 44.24&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 670 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: Courcelles, [[Gouy-lez-Piéton]], [[Souvret]], and [[Trazegnies, Belgium|Trazegnies]].

In 1944, the town was the site of the [[Courcelles Massacre]] of 20 civilians by Belgian collaborators. The event is commemorated by a plaque at the site.

[[File:Belgique - Hainaut - Souvret - Mines de charbon - 6 Perrier ou 6 Périer.png|none|thumb|The coal mine "6 périer", Souvret]]

== The mining ==
In 1853, a company, called Société Anonyme des Charbonnages du Nord de Charleroi, was formed to bring together the various concessions located in Courcelles.
The mining capacity was 19,000 tons in 1854. It reached 500,000 tons in 1930.
The shafts were closed one by one and currently, no extraction shaft is in operation on the territory of Courcelles, but we can still see a lot of [[Spoil tip|spoil tips]] which are now nice places for walking.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Histoire de Courcelles|url=https://www.courcelles.eu/loisirs/culture/histoire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817131959/http://courcelles.eu/loisirs/culture/histoire |archive-date=2018-08-17 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Loïc Nottet]], singer who finished second in the third season of [[The Voice Belgique]] in 2014 and represented Belgium in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2015]] which was held in Vienna, Austria<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/loic-nottet/info|title=Loïc Nottet - Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015|access-date=2017-06-07}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Courcelles
|NE = [[Pont-à-Celles]]
|SE = [[Charleroi]]
|S  = [[Fontaine-l'Évêque]]
|W  = [[Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont]]
|NW = [[Seneffe]]
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]


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