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Frameries

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Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Frameries Framrie (Picard)
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	Coalition PS-MR
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 (French pronunciation: [fʁam(ə)ʁi]; Picard: Framrie; Walloon: Framriye) is a municipalityofWallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.

Sport[edit]

Frameries is home to Rugby Union club RC Frameries who currently play in the Belgian Elite League and hosts the finish of the Grand Prix Pino Cerami cycling race.

Personalities[edit]

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

Twin towns[edit]

• La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
• Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
• Willmar, Minnesota, USA

Image gallery[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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

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