Arrondissement of Charleroi

Arrondissement of Charleroi Arrondissement de Charleroi
Arrondissement of Belgium
Location of the arrondissement in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50.45°N 4.45°E / 50.45; 4.45
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Municipalities	12
Area
• Total	472.19 km^2 (182.31 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2017)
• Total	430,128
• Density	910/km^2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The Arrondissement of Charleroi (French: Arrondissement de Charleroi; Dutch: Arrondissement Charleroi) is one of the seven administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium.^[1] It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Charleroi also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Thuin.

Municipalities

The Administrative Arrondissement of Charleroi consists of the following municipalities:

Since 2019

Aiseau-Presles Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Charleroi Châtelet Courcelles Farciennes

Fleurus Fontaine-l'Evêque Gerpinnes Les Bons Villers Montigny-le-Tilleul Pont-à-Celles

Before 2019

Aiseau-Presles Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Charleroi Châtelet Courcelles Farciennes Fleurus

Fontaine-l'Evêque Gerpinnes Les Bons Villers Manage Montigny-le-Tilleul Pont-à-Celles Seneffe

The municipalities of Manage and Seneffe are transferred on January 1, 2019 to the Arrondissement of Soignies.

References

1. Lesthaeghe, Ron (January 2010). "Long-term Spatial Continuities in Demographic Innovations: Insights from the Belgian Example, 1846-2000" (PDF). Population Studies Center Research Report.