Roux (; ) is a town of

Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...

and a 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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. It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.

External links

Roux port area, photographs of 1991
from the Site of the Walloon regional archives (fr). Sub-municipalities of Charleroi Former municipalities of Hainaut (province) {{hainaut-geo-stub