Farciennes
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Farciennes is a Walloon municipality
located in the Belgian
province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Farciennes had a total population of 11,099. The total area is 10.39 km² which gives a population density
of 1,069 inhabitants per km². It is located on the entre-Sambre-et-Meuse in the periphery of Charleroi
.
In the past, Farciennes was an industrial city. It declined with the closure of the last Walloon coal mine, namely the Sainte-Catherine shaft of the Roton company, and the fall of the iron and steel industries, formerly large employers in the area between Liège and Charleroi. Today, the site of Roton, of which only the tower and the cloakroom remain, has been developed to accommodate small and medium-sized businesses.
Since the merger of the communes of 1977, the small commune of Pironchamps
was integrated into Farciennes. The districts of Wainage, Wairchat and Tergnée were and still are part of the territory of Farciennes.
Municipality
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located in the Belgian
Belgium
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province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Farciennes had a total population of 11,099. The total area is 10.39 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 1,069 inhabitants per km². It is located on the entre-Sambre-et-Meuse in the periphery of Charleroi
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
.
In the past, Farciennes was an industrial city. It declined with the closure of the last Walloon coal mine, namely the Sainte-Catherine shaft of the Roton company, and the fall of the iron and steel industries, formerly large employers in the area between Liège and Charleroi. Today, the site of Roton, of which only the tower and the cloakroom remain, has been developed to accommodate small and medium-sized businesses.
Since the merger of the communes of 1977, the small commune of Pironchamps
Pironchamps
Pironchamps is an old Carolingian municipality, in what is now Belgium, which, in 1979, amalgamated with the municipality of Farciennes. For many years, it was the poorest commune of Wallonia, with a population made up primarily of unemployed people....
was integrated into Farciennes. The districts of Wainage, Wairchat and Tergnée were and still are part of the territory of Farciennes.