Editing Frameries

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
{{Expand French|Frameries|date=August 2016|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Frameries
|native_name={{native_name|pcd|Framrie}}
|picture=Frameries JPG04.jpg
|picture-legend=Church Square and the big sundial
|map=Frameries Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Frameries in Hainaut
|arms=Armoiries Frameries.png
|flag=Flag_of_Frameries.gif
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Mons|Mons]]
|nis=53028
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Jean-Marc Dupont ([[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]])
|majority=Coalition [[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]]-[[Reformist Movement|MR]]
|postal-codes=7080
|telephone-area=065
|web=[http://www.frameries.be/ www.frameries.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|24|N|03|54|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Frameries''' ({{IPA|fr|fʁam(ə)ʁi}}; {{langx|pcd|Framrie}}; {{langx|wa|Framriye}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]].

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|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]]<ref>[http://www.eugeneboch.com] Letter sent by Vincent van Gogh to Frameries</ref>
* [[Auguste Toubeau]], trade unionist

== Twin towns ==
* [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], Switzerland
* [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], France
* [[Willmar, Minnesota]], USA

==Image gallery==
<gallery widths=180px>
File:Frameries JPG00.jpg|St. Waltrude's church
File:Chassis à molette de Crachet à Frameries vue large.JPG|''Châssis à molette'' (Wallonia French, also ''Belfleur''; French ''chevalement''), ''Gallow frame''  of the  ''Crachet'' (reconstruction) in Frameries
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.frameries.be Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.rugbyframeries.be Rugby Club Frameries] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208114200/http://rsb-frameries.be/ Football Club in Frameries] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Frameries
|N  = [[Quaregnon]], [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]]
|E  = [[Quévy]]
|S  = [[Taisnières-sur-Hon]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])
|SW = [[Hon-Hergies]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Nord (French department)|59]])
|W  = [[Colfontaine]]<br/>[[Dour, Belgium|Dour]]
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]
[[Category:Belgium geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]]


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