Couillet (; wa, Couyet) is a town 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 district of the municipality of
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. , 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 ...
.
It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.
Culture
The local
theater company
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
playing in
Walloon language
Walloon (; natively ; french: wallon) is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and (to a very small extent) in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, ...
, 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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