landmark
Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Courcelles
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Courcelles
Courcelles works well as a base: 5 minutes from Viesville, 29km from Hallerbos.
Courcelles is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 29,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Viesville, about 4 km away.
Courcelles (French pronunciation: [kuʁsɛl] ; Walloon: Courcele) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
As of January 1, 2006, Courcelles had a total population of 29,626. The total area is 44.24 km2 which gives a population density of 670 inhabitants per km2.
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consists of the following districts: Courcelles, Gouy-lez-Piéton, Souvret, and Trazegnies.
In 1944, the town was the site of the Courcelles Massacre of 20 civilians by Belgian collaborators. The event is commemorated by a plaque at the site.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Courcelles?
Within an hour or so of Courcelles: Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (16 km), Villers Abbey (18 km), Nivelles-Baulers (18 km), Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Courcelles?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Courcelles?
Courcelles is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Viesville.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,473
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.4638, 4.3747
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Worth the detour from Courcelles
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
18 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
Nivelles-Baulers
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
24 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
29 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Courcelles
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 45 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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