Colfontaine
Colfontaine (French pronunciation: [kɔlfɔ̃tɛn] ; Walloon: Colfontinne; Picard: Colfontinne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
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House in Wasmes where Vincent van Gogh resided in 1878-1879
On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 20,021 inhabitants. The total area is 13.62 km, giving a population density of 1,470 inhabitants per km.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Pâturages, Warquignies, Wasmes (town centre; it includes the village of Petit Wasmes).
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Colfontaine at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of the municipality of Colfontaine (in French)
- Independent Colfontaine website (in French)