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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Colfontaine

Colfontaine (French pronunciation: [kɔlfɔ̃tɛn] ; Walloon: Colfontinne; Picard: Colfontinne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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).

House in Wasmes where Vincent van Gogh resided in 1878-1879

References

  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.