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Charleroi

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Charleroi , city (1991 pop. 206,214), Hainaut prov., S Belgium, on the Sambre River and on the Charleroi-Brussels Canal. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures include steel, glass, machinery, processed food, and chemicals. Charleroi was founded in 1666 and named for Charles II of Spain. It was of strategic importance in the wars of the 17th and 18th cent. The Germans won a battle there (1914) in World War I. It is noted for its modern public buildings, such as the town hall (1936), and is the seat of a technical university.

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Charleroi

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Charleroi, Belgium Charnoy A village developed into a fortress in 1666 by the Spanish and renamed after Charles II^† and the French roi ‘king’. It changed hands between the French and Spanish before coming under Austrian rule between 1713 and 1746. The Dutch fortified the city in 1816 and it became a Belgian possession when that country achieved independence in 1830.

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