Morlanwelz

Morlanwelz
Municipality
Morlanwelz town hall
Coat of arms
Morlanwelz Location in Belgium
Location of Morlanwelz in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°27′N 04°14′E / 50.450°N 4.233°ECoordinates: 50°27′N 04°14′E / 50.450°N 4.233°E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Thuin
Government
• Mayor	Christian Moureau
• Governing party/ies	PS
Area
• Total	20.26 km^2 (7.82 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	19,118
• Density	940/km^2 (2,400/sq mi)
Postal codes	7140, 7141
Area codes	064
Website	www.morlanwelz.be

Morlanwelz is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Morlanwelz had a total population of 18,595. The total area is 20.26 km² which gives a population density of 918 inhabitants per km². Its postcode is 7140.

The Morlanwelz municipality includes the old municipalities of Morlanwelz-Mariemont, Carnières, and Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde.

Sister cities

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

Notable people of Morlanwelz

Born in Morlanwelz:

• Elio Di Rupo (1951), Belgian prime minister.
• Arthur Warocqué (1835–1880), industrialist and promotor of Belgian horticulture^[2] after whom the arum Anthurium warocqueanum was named.^[3]

Resided in Morlanwelz:

• Raoul Warocqué (1870–1917), Belgian industrialist and Mayor of Morlanwelz (1900–1917)

Image gallery

• Parc de Mariemont
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References

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
2. Arthur Warocqué (French)
3. James Herbert Veitch (2006). Hortus Veitchii (reprint ed.). Caradoc Doy. p. 227. ISBN 0-9553515-0-2.

External links

• Media related to Morlanwelz at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website