- Marchienne-au-Pont
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- Not to be confused with Marchiennes (France).
Marchienne-au-Pont — Former municipality of Belgium — Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Location in Belgium
Marchienne-au-PontCoordinates: 50°24′N 4°23′E / 50.4°N 4.383°ECoordinates: 50°24′N 4°23′E / 50.4°N 4.383°E Country 
BelgiumRegion 
WalloniaCommunity French CommunityProvince 
HainautMunicipality 
CharleroiArea - Total 2.6 sq mi (6.64 km2) Population (2001) - Total 16,739 Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 6030 Area code(s) 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.
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Sights
- The Castle of Cartier - built on the ruins of another castle destroyed by the troops of Henri II on July 21, 1554. The Cartier family owned it from 1726 to 1938. It is a library since 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 The basse court has been replaced by a public swimming pool and the park has been partly destroyed.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, got shot by a German soldier after trying to give her bread to French prisoners through the bars of a gate. French president Pointcaré gave her a posthumous medal of honour on September 11, 1919. A monument has been built where she fell.
People born in Marchienne-au-Pont
- Fernand Verhaegen, painter and etcher
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