Montignies-sur-Sambre explained

Montignies-sur-Sambre
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 Km2:5.98
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:17771
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:50.3833°N 32°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6061
Area Code:071

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.

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