Couillet, Belgium Explained

Couillet
Settlement Type:Former municipality of Belgium
Pushpin Map:Belgium
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Belgium
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Belgium
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Community
Subdivision Type3:Province
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4: Charleroi
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:12.47
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:12546
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:50.4°N 30°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6010
Area Code:071

Couillet (in French pronounced as /kujɛ/; Walloon: Couyet) is a town of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It was a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.

Culture

The local theater company playing in Walloon language, the "Cercle (royal) wallon de Couillet", won the "Grand Prix du Roi Albert I" Walloon-speaking theater contest in 1932, 1952 and 1976.