Morlanwelz

Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde (Walloon: Li Mont) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Morlanwelz, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The Château of Mariemont (French: Château de Mariemont, Dutch: Kasteel van Mariemont) was a royal residence and hunting lodge for the governors of the Habsburg Netherlands. It was located in Mariemont, in today's village of Morlanwelz, Belgium. The château's construction started in the 16th century by order of Queen Mary of Hungary and it became a favoured residence in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was rebuilt by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine in neoclassical style. It was destroyed by French revolutionary troops in 1794, and today, only ruins remain. On another location in the park, Nicolas Warocqué, a Belgian industrialist, constructed a new château in the 19th century, which was also destroyed by fire in the 20th century. In its place, a new building was constructed, the Musée royal de Mariemont. The museum and park are open for visitors.

Fayt-lez-Manage (Walloon: El Fayi-dlé-Manadje) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Manage, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The name dates to 1920, previously it was called Fayt-lez-Seneffe. It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977. The locality is served by bus 30 Anderlues - Morlanwelz - La Louvière - Strépy-Bracquenies - Thieu.

The Stade Communal du Tivoli is a multi-use stadium in La Louvière, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It was the home ground of R.A.A. Louviéroise. The stadium holds 12,500 people and was built in 1972. UR La Louvière Centre are its current tenants.

Manage (French pronunciation: [manaʒ] ; Walloon: Manadje) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Manage had a total population of 22,341. The total area is 19.60 km2 which gives a population density of 1,140 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellecourt, Bois-d'Haine, Fayt-lez-Manage, La Hestre, and Manage.

La Louvière (French pronunciation: [la luvjɛʁ] ; Walloon: El Lovire) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussoit, Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Houdeng-Aimeries, Houdeng-Gœgnies, La Louvière, Maurage, Saint-Vaast, Strépy-Bracquegnies, and Trivières. La Louvière is the capital of the Centre region, a former coal mining area in the Sillon industriel, between the Borinage to the West and the Pays Noir to the East.

Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont (French pronunciation: [ʃapɛl le ɛʁlɛmɔ̃] ; Walloon: El Tchapele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont had a total population of 14,900. The total area is 18.10 km² which gives a population density of 820 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, Godarville, and Piéton.

Anderlues (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dɛʁly]; Walloon: Anderluwe; Picard: Andérluve) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Anderlues had a total population of 11,578. The total area is 17.02 square kilometres (6.57 sq mi) which gives a population density of 680 inhabitants per square kilometre. Its postcode is 6150. On 1 December 1983 a local jewellery store was robbed by the Brabant killers. Some low-value jewels were stolen and two people were killed in what was the gang's last robbery before going silent for one year.

The SA Usine Boel (Usines Gustave Boël, or UGB) was a steel works located in La Louvière, Belgium, founded in 1851 as Fonderies et Laminoirs Ernest Boucquéau. From 1880 the works became the property of Gustave Boël. After a failed acquisition by Koninklijke Hoogovens in 1997 the company became a subsidiary of Duferco in 1999, Duferco La Louvière. Blast furnace production was ended by the beginning of the 21st century. A joint venture including the plant was formed with NLMK in 2006, terminated in 2011, with the NLMK and Duferco splitting flat and long product facilities at the plant. Duferco closed their part of the plant in 2013. As of 2016 the flat products line continues operations as NLMK La Louvière.

Triage-Lavoir de Péronnes is a former coal washing facility that was built with the help of the Marshall Plan in 1954. It was built for the demand of the coal industry to process the coal coming from the mines of Péronnes, Ressaix and Trivières. It was capable processing over 3,000 tons of coal daily. In 1969 the nearby coal mines in Saint-Albert and Sint-Margriete were closed, which caused Triage-Lavoir to become useless, and it was closed down after only 15 years of active operation. Immediately after closing the facility, all the machines and equipment were removed and the facility stayed abandoned for over 3 decades. The building was under threat of demolition in 2000 but on May 15, 2003, it was classified as a monument to be saved. Currently the building is under renovation financed by the European Union and the Walloon Region through the Marshall Plan of Wallonia program. The renovation started in September 2005. The renovation of the exterior of the building was scheduled to be finished by September 2006. The budget for the walls was 2.1 million euros. In spring 2010, the renovation work was still in progress. The exterior and a small fraction of the ground floor has been rebuilt. Certain parts of the old building will be left untouched, other than cleaning and careful restoring, in order to preserve the building's unique architectural elements. Inside the back of the building, half buried in the ground, new storage rooms will be built for the companies to use.The renovated building is supposed host several organisations, including The General Archives of the Royalty (intermediate centre of archives), Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium (stores coal and fossil core-samples), the IFAPME (center of professional development: contemporary artwork, design) and some private offices.

Trazegnies (Walloon: Trejhniye) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Courcelles, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Having merged with the municipality in 1976, it is located halfway between Charleroi and La Louvière. A former mining area, it is the location of Trazegnies Castle. Trazegnies gives its name to the Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre.

Seneffe (French pronunciation: [sənɛf] ; Walloon: Sinefe) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Seneffe had a total population of 10,743. The total area is 62.77 km² which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Arquennes, Familleureux, Feluy, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Nivelles, and Seneffe. The Château de Seneffe, now a museum belonging to the French Community of Belgium, is located in the municipality. Seneffe was the site of a battle in 1674 between French and Dutch armies during the Franco-Dutch War.