Frameries

Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°54′E / 50.400°N 3.900°E

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Frameries
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	PS, CDH
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 (Picard: Framrie) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Frameries proper, Eugies, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.

Sport

Frameries is home to Rugby Union club RC Frameries who currently play in the Belgian Elite League.

Personalities

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

Twin towns

Image gallery

St. Waltrude's church
Châssis à molette (Wallonia French, also Belfleur; French chevalement), Gallow frame of the Crachet (reconstruction) in Frameries

References

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

External links

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

v t e 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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