Frameries

Frameries
Municipality
Church Square and the big sundial
Coat of arms
Frameries Location in Belgium Location of Frameries in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°54′E / 50.400°N 3.900°E / 50.400; 3.900Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°54′E / 50.400°N 3.900°E / 50.400; 3.900
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Mons
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Marc Dupont (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS, CDH
Area
• Total	25.95 km2 (10.02 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017)[1]
• Total	21,765
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Postal codes	7080
Area codes	065
Website	www.frameries.be

Frameries is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Frameries proper, Eugies, La Bouverie, Noirchain, and Sars-la-Bruyère.

Sport

Frameries is home to Rugby Union club RC Frameries who currently play in the Belgian Elite League.

Personalities

• Eugène Boch, painter and friend of Vincent van Gogh ^[2]

Twin towns

• La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
• Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
• Willmar, Minnesota, USA

Image gallery

• 
  St. Waltrude's church
• 
  Châssis à molette (Wallonia French, also Belfleur; French chevalement), Gallow frame of the Crachet (reconstruction) in Frameries

References

External links

• Media related to Frameries at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in French)
• Rugby Club Frameries (in French)
• Football Club in Frameries (in French)