Charleroi

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, placed in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By January 1, 2008, the overall populace of Charleroi became 201,593. The metropolitan area, together with the outer commuter area, covers a place of 1,462 square kilometres with a complete populace of 522,522 by using January 1, 2008, ranking it because the 5th maximum populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, and Ghent. The population are referred to as Caroloregiens or definitely Carolos.

The municipality of Charleroi straddles both banks of the river Sambre in a place marked via commercial activities, which has been nicknamed the Pays Noir, part of the bigger sillon industriel. Even though maximum of the factories have closed since the Fifties, the panorama remains dotted with wreck pointers and antique industrial homes. The Charleroi location became already settled within the prehistoric duration, with traces of metallurgical and business activities alongside the Sambre. Several public buildings, temples and villas had been constructed within the region inside the Roman period. Burial places, with jewels and weapons, were found.