Janson is a Charleroi Metro station, located in downtown

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, Belgium, in fare zone 1. It is an underground station featuring a central platform, with street access at both ends. Interior decoration, designed by architect Jean Yernaux, is themed around the Belgian comics characters from Dupuis Publishing, a well-known Belgian comics publishing company based in

Marcinelle Marcinelle (; wa, Mårcinele) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Until 1977, it was a municipality of its own. Home of the comics publisher Dupuis, as many popul ...

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Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

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Jeannette Pointu Jeannette Pointu is a Belgian comic book series created by Marc Wasterlain, starring the eponymous character. Comic books # ''Le Fils de l'Inca'', # ''Quatre x quatre'', # ''Le Dragon vert'', # ''Yeren'', # ''Reportages'', # ''Le Secret at ...

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Yoko Tsuno ''Yoko Tsuno'' is a comics album series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis in '' Spirou'' magazine since its debut in 1970. Through thirty volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical eng ...

. The station and the nearby ''Paul Janson Boulevard'' are named after Belgian politician

Paul Janson Paul Janson (11 April 1840 – 19 April 1913) was a Walloon Belgian liberal politician.Jean Francis ''Mes belges années'' 1974 "Paul Janson ne demeura que quatre ans dans la cité liégeoise car sa famille vint s'établir à Ixelles, rue d ...

Nearby points of interest

* ''CHU de Charleroi / Hôpital Civil'' hospital. *

Stade du Pays de Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi is a football stadium in the city of Charleroi, Belgium. It was built for the 2000 UEFA European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands in replacement of the old stadium known as Mambourg. The name Stade du Mambo ...

(soccer stadium). * Chasseurs à pied museum, in the ''Trésignies'' barrack. * Spirou, Fantasio and Spip roundabout * Mambourg Polyclinic

Transfers

TEC Charleroi bus lines 52, 71, 74, 86, 154, 158, E, City-Bus. {{Charleroi Metro navbox Charleroi Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1996