Frasnes-lez-Gosselies ( wa, Fråne-dilé-Gochliye) is a village of

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

and a district of the municipality of

Les Bons Villers Les Bons Villers (; wa, Les Bons Viyés) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 9,457 inhabitants. The total area is 42.55 km², giving a population density Popul ...

, located in the

province of Hainaut Hainaut (, also , , ; nl, Henegouwen ; wa, Hinnot; pcd, Hénau), historically also known as Heynowes in English, is a province of Wallonia and Belgium. To its south lies the French department of Nord, while within Belgium it borders (clock ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Former names

''Fraxina'' (1146 ; 1147 ; 1148), ''Frasna'' (1148), ''Fraine'' (1205 ; ±1210), ''Fraxinensis'' (1205), ''Fraina'' (1222).

Notable natives of Frasnes-lez-Gosselies

Adolphe Biarent Adolphe Biarent (16 October 1871 – 4 February 1916) was a Belgium, Belgian composer, conducting, conductor, cellist and music teacher. Biarent studied at the conservatories of Brussels and of Ghent, and was a pupil of Émile Mathieu (composer), ...

(1871–1916), composer * Paul Vanderborght (1899–1971), poet *

Jean Duvieusart Jean Pierre Duvieusart (10 April 1900 – 10 October 1977) was a Belgian Catholic politician of the PSC-CVP who served as prime minister of Belgium from June to August in 1950. Political career Jean Duvieusart became a member of the Chambe ...

(1900–1977), Former Prime Minister

References

Former municipalities of Hainaut (province) {{Hainaut-geo-stub