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Morlanwelz Marlanwé (Walloon)
Municipality
Morlanwelz town hall
FlagCoat of arms
Location of Morlanwelz
MorlanwelzLocation in Belgium Location of Morlanwelz in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°27′N 04°14′E / 50.450°N 4.233°E / 50.450; 4.233
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	La Louvière
Government
• Mayor	Christian Moureau
• Governing party/ies	PS
Area
• Total	20.38 km (7.87 sq mi)
Population
• Total	19,019
• Density	930/km (2,400/sq mi)
Postal codes	7140, 7141
NIS code	58004
Area codes	064
Website	www.morlanwelz.be

Morlanwelz (French pronunciation: [mɔʁlɑ̃we] ; Walloon: Marlanwé) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Morlanwelz had a total population of 18,595. The total area is 20.26 km which gives a population density of 918 inhabitants per km. Its postcode is 7140.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Carnières, Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde, and Morlanwelz-Mariemont.

Sister cities

• Villarosa, Italy (2002)
• Le Quesnoy, France
• Pleszew, Poland
• Blaj, Romania

Notable people of Morlanwelz

Born in Morlanwelz:

• Elio Di Rupo (1951), Walloon Minister President.
• Arthur Warocqué [fr] (1835–1880), industrialist and promoter of Belgian horticulture after whom the arum Anthurium warocqueanum was named.

Resided in Morlanwelz:

• Raoul Warocqué (1870–1917), Belgian industrialist and Mayor of Morlanwelz (1900–1917)
• Marino Stephano née Stéphane Marino (1974–1999), Belgian Trance music producer and DJ.

Image gallery

• Parc de Mariemont
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See also

• Morlanwelz train collision and runaway
• Musée royal de Mariemont

References

1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. Arthur Warocqué (French)
3. James Herbert Veitch (2006). Hortus Veitchii (reprint ed.). Caradoc Doy. p. 227. ISBN 0-9553515-0-2.
4. "Marino Stephano". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
5. "Marino Stephano – Google Search". google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

External links

• Media related to Morlanwelz at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Morlanwelz
La Louvière Manage Morlanwelz Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Binche Anderlues

v t e Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Ath	Ath Belœil Bernissart Brugelette Chièvres Ellezelles Enghien Flobecq Frasnes-lez-Anvaing Lessines Silly
Charleroi	Aiseau-Presles Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Charleroi Châtelet Courcelles Farciennes Fleurus Fontaine-l'Évêque Gerpinnes Les Bons Villers Montigny-le-Tilleul Pont-à-Celles
La Louvière	Binche Estinnes La Louvière Morlanwelz
Mons	Boussu Colfontaine Dour Frameries Hensies Honnelles Jurbise Lens Mons (Capital) Quaregnon Quévy Quiévrain Saint-Ghislain
Soignies	Braine-le-Comte Écaussinnes Le Rœulx Manage Soignies Seneffe
Thuin	Anderlues Beaumont Chimay Erquelinnes Froidchapelle Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes Lobbes Merbes-le-Château Momignies Sivry-Rance Thuin
Tournai-Mouscron	Antoing Brunehaut Celles Comines-Warneton Estaimpuis Leuze-en-Hainaut Mont-de-l'Enclus Mouscron Pecq Péruwelz Rumes Tournai
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