Frameries facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Frameries Framrie  (Picard)
Municipality
Church Square and the big sundial
Coat of arms
Frameries Location in Belgium
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Mons
Area
• Total	25.95 km2 (10.02 sq mi)
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Postal codes	7080
Area codes	065
Website	www.frameries.be

Frameries (French pronunciation: [fʁam(ə)ʁi]; Picard: Framrie; Walloon: Framriye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Eugies, Frameries, 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 and hosts the finish of the Grand Prix Pino Cerami cycling race.

Personalities

• Eugène Boch, painter and friend of Vincent van Gogh
• Auguste Toubeau, trade unionist

Twin towns

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

Image gallery

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  St. Waltrude's church

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  Châssis à molette (Wallonia French, also Belfleur; French chevalement), Gallow frame of the Crachet (reconstruction) in Frameries

See also

In Spanish: Frameries para niños