Colfontaine
Encyclopedia
Colfontaine is a Walloon municipality
located in the Belgian
province of Hainaut, and comprises the former villages of Pâturages, Warquignies, Wasmes
, and Petit Wasmes
.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 20,021 inhabitants. The total area is 13.62 km², giving a population density
of 1,470 inhabitants per km².
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
Belgium
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province of Hainaut, and comprises the former villages of Pâturages, Warquignies, Wasmes
Wasmes
Wasmes is a village in the municipality of Colfontaine in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.Vincent van Gogh lived there for a while in 1880....
, and Petit Wasmes
Petit Wasmes
Petit Wasmes is a village near Wasmes in the commune of Colfontaine in Belgium...
.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 20,021 inhabitants. The total area is 13.62 km², giving 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 1,470 inhabitants per km².