Montignies-sur-Sambre
Montignies-sur-Sambre (Walloon: Montgneye-so-Sambe) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Montignies-sur-Sambre
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Former municipality of Belgium | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the municipality of Charleroi | |
  Montignies-sur-Sambre Location in Belgium | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′N 4°28′E | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Community | French Community |
| Province |  Hainaut |
| Municipality |  Charleroi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.31 sq mi (5.98 km2) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 17,771 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6061 |
| Area code | 071 |
It was a municipality of its own before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.
Education
Montignies hosts the UCLouvain Charleroi campus of the University of Louvain.
Notable persons
- Paul Finet (1897-1965), politician
- Joëlle Milquet (born 1961), politician
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