Morlanwelz is a Walloon municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

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 province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Morlanwelz had a total population of 18,595. The total area is 20.26 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 918 inhabitants per km². Its postcode is 7140.

The Morlanwelz municipality includes the old communes of Morlanwelz-Mariemont, Carnières and
Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde.

Sister cities

• Villarosa
  Villarosa
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  , Italy
  Italy
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   (2002)
• Le Quesnoy
  Le Quesnoy
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  , France
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• Pleszew
  Pleszew
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  , Poland
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• Blaj
  Blaj
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  , Romania
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External links

• Official website: http://www.morlanwelz.be/
• Villarosa official website: http://www.comune.villarosa.en.it/
• Villarosani.it - Villarosa Citizens Community: http://www.villarosani.it/

Born in Morlanwelz

• Elio Di Rupo
  Elio Di Rupo
  Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian social-democratic politician and the Party Leader of the Socialist Party .-Biography:...
  
   (1951), politician.
• Arthur Warocqué (1835–1880), Industrialist and promotor of Belgian horticulture after whom the arum
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   Anthurium warocqueanum was named.