Marchienne-au-Pont

Not to be confused with Marchiennes (France).

Marchienne-au-Pont
Former municipality of Belgium
Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Marchienne-au-Pont Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°23′E
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Hainaut
Municipality	Charleroi
Area
• Total	2.56 sq mi (6.64 km2)
Population  (2001)
• Total	16,739
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6030
Area code	071

Marchienne-au-Pont is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune of its own before the merge of the communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.

Sights

• The Castle of Cartier - built on the ruins of another castle, which was destroyed by the troops of Henri II on July 21, 1554. The Cartier family owned it from 1726 to 1938. It was converted to a library in April 2002, the basse court has been replaced by a public swimming pool and the park has been partly destroyed.
• The city walls.

Yvonne Viesley

On October 12, 1918, Yvonne Viesley, age 10, was shot by a German soldier after she tried to pass a piece of bread to French prisoners through the bars of a gate. French president Poincaré gave her a posthumous medal of honor on September 11, 1919. A monument has been built where she fell.

People born in Marchienne-au-Pont

• Fernand Verhaegen, painter and etcher
• André Souris, classical music composer associated with the Surrealists

Gallery

• 
  Château Bilquin de Cartier
• 
  Holy Virgin church

See also

• Écho de la Sambre - A newspaper that was published in Marchienne-au-Pont.
• Marc Dutroux, a Belgian serial killer, owned a house in Marchienne-au-Pont. Two of his victims, Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo, were held captive here for a short while after their kidnapping.

External links

• Picture of the castle court
• Photo gallery of the monument dedicated to Yvonne Viesley