Morlanwelz

Morlanwelz
Morlanwelz
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Hainaut
District :	La Louvière
Coordinates :	50 ° 27 '  N , 4 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '  N , 4 ° 15'  E
Area :	20.26 km²
Residents:	19,065 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	941 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	7140, 7141
Prefix:	064
Mayor:	Christian Moureau ( PS )
Local government address :	Rue Raoul Warocqué, 2 7140 Morlanwelz
Website:	www.morlanwelz.be

Morlanwelz is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in the Walloon part of Belgium .

The municipality is located between Mons (a good 20 kilometers west) and Charleroi (about 20 kilometers east) and consists of the villages of Morlanwelz-Mariemont, Carnières and Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde .

From 1233 to 1796 there was the Cistercian abbey L'Olive in Morlanwelz .

Culture

Morlanwelz: The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin

The Royal Museum Mariemont has existed in Morlanwelz since 1917 and was the result of a private collection. There is also one of the 12 casts of the sculpture “ The Citizens of Calais ” by Auguste Rodin , which Rodin had himself made in 1905.

Community partnerships

• Villarosa , Italy
• Le Quesnoy , France
• Pleszew , Poland
• Blaj , Romania

Personalities

• Otto de Grana (1629–1685), imperial military leader and diplomat, royal Spanish governor in the Spanish Netherlands, died at Mariemont Castle in Morlanwelz.
• Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680–1741) (1680–1741), Archduchess of Austria and governor of the Austrian Netherlands from 1724 to 1741, died at Mariemont Castle in Morlanwelz.
• Lucien Godeaux (1887–1975), Belgian mathematician, was born in Morlanwelz.
• Émile Masson senior (1888–1973), cyclist, was born in Morlanwelz.
• Elio Di Rupo (* 1951), politician, was born in Morlanwelz.

Web links

Commons : Morlanwelz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Morlanwelz (French)