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Farciennes, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgiumi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Farciennes | Municipality |
| Hainaut | Province |
| Wallonia | Region |
| Belgium | Country |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Farciennes | 11,488 (2011) |
Other Languages:
French:
Farciennes, Hainaut, Région wallonne, Belgique
Russian:
Фарсьен, Эно, Валлония, Бельгия
Latin:
Farcinae, Hannonia, Wallonia, Belgica
Picard:
Farcène, Hénau, Walonnie, Bergike
Farciennes (French pronunciation: [faʁsjɛn]; Walloon: Fårcene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The total area is 10.39 km². It is located on the entre-Sambre-et-Meuse in the periphery of Charleroi.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Farciennes and Pironchamps. The boroughs of Wainage, Wairchat and Tergnée are part of the district of Farciennes.
In the past, Farciennes was an industrial city. It declined with the closure of the last Walloon coal mine, namely the Sainte-Catherine shaft of the Roton company, and the fall of the iron and steel industries, formerly large employers in the area between Liège and Charleroi. Today, the site of Roton, of which only the tower and the cloakroom remain, has been developed to accommodate small and medium-sized businesses.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: Pierre Housen collection.Identified by Paul De Bondt: Visual Identification |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 1 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 315 Ma (Carboniferous) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 318 Ma (Carboniferous) |
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Localities in this Region
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Sainte-Pauline colliery, Farciennes, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium