Frameries (; pcd, Framrie; wa, Framriye) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

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 ...

. The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.

Sport

Frameries is home to

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

club

RC Frameries RC Frameries is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Frameries in Hainaut. The official colours of the club are yellow and black. History The club was founded in 1966 and has never wo ...

who currently play in the

Belgian Elite League The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium. Teams As of the 2018/19 season The Elite League has eight teams: * ASUB Waterloo * Boitsfort RC * Kituro Schaarbeek RC * RC Frameries * Dendermonde Rug ...

and hosts the finish of the

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...

cycling race.

Personalities

Eugène Boch Eugène Boch (1 September 1855 – 3 January 1941) was a Belgian painter, born in Saint-Vaast, La Louvière, Hainaut. He was the younger brother of Anna Boch, a founding member of Les XX. Life Eugène Boch was born into the fifth generation ...

, painter and friend of

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...

Letter sent by Vincent van Gogh to Frameries *

Auguste Toubeau Auguste Toubeau (21 August 1855 – 26 June 1912) was a Belgians, Belgian trade unionist and socialist. He began work in a coal mine from an early age. Later, after a serious work accident, he became a prominent figure in the cooperative movemen ...

, trade unionist

Twin towns

La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city l ...

, Switzerland *

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cat ...

, France *

Willmar, Minnesota Willmar is a city in, and the county seat of, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 21,015 at the 2020 census. History Agricultural expansion and the establishment of Willmar as a division point on the Great Northern ...

, USA

Image gallery

File:Frameries JPG00.jpg, St. Waltrude's church File:Chassis à molette de Crachet à Frameries vue large.JPG, ''Châssis à molette'' (Wallonia French, also ''Belfleur''; French ''chevalement''), ''Gallow frame'' of the ''Crachet'' (reconstruction) in Frameries

References

External links

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Official website

Rugby Club Frameries

Football Club in Frameries
Municipalities of Hainaut (province) Belgium geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Hainaut-geo-stub