Couillet (; ) is a town of
Wallonia
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and district of the municipality of
Charleroi
Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...
, located in the
province of Hainaut
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,
Belgium
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.
It was a municipality of its own before the
merger of the municipalities in 1977.
Culture
The local
theater company
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playing in
Walloon language
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, the "''Cercle (royal) wallon de Couillet''", won the "''Grand Prix du Roi Albert I''" Walloon-speaking theater contest in 1932, 1952 and 1976.
File:Couillet - Amicale Solvay.jpg, Solvay fraternity (1937-1939)
File:Couillet - Eglise Saint-Laurent.jpg, Saint Lawrence church (16th century)
File:Couillet - Maison communale.jpg, Former town hall (1882)
File:Couillet - monument "Den Kameraden" - 06.jpg, German Monument "Den Kameraden" from 1915, blasted in 1920.
Sub-municipalities of Charleroi
Former municipalities of Hainaut (province)
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