Frameries (; ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following 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
- Auguste Toubeau, trade unionist
Twin towns
- La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Willmar, Minnesota, USA
Image gallery
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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
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References
External links
- Official website
- Rugby Club Frameries
- Football Club in Frameries