Morlanwelz

Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Morlanwelz (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Morlanwelz had a total population of 18,595. The total area is 20.26 km² which gives a population density of 918 inhabitants per km². Its postcode is 7140.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Carnières, Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde, and Morlanwelz-Mariemont.

Sister cities

• File:Flag of Italy.svg Villarosa, Italy (2002)
• File:Flag of France.svg Le Quesnoy, France
• File:Flag of Poland.svg Pleszew, Poland
• File:Flag of Romania.svg Blaj, Romania

Notable people of Morlanwelz

Born in Morlanwelz:

• Elio Di Rupo (1951), Former Minister, Walloon President and Member of the European Parliament.
• Template:Interlanguage link (1835–1880), industrialist and promoter of Belgian horticulture<ref>Arthur Warocqué (French)</ref> after whom the arum Anthurium warocqueanum was named.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Resided in Morlanwelz:

• Raoul Warocqué (1870–1917), Belgian industrialist and Mayor of Morlanwelz (1900–1917)
• Marino Stephano née Stéphane Marino (1974–1999), Belgian Trance music producer and DJ.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Image gallery

• Parc de Mariemont
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See also

• Morlanwelz train collision and runaway
• Musée royal de Mariemont

External links

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• Official website

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