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Sub-municipality of the city of Mons, Belgium Sub-municipality of Mons in French Community, Belgium
Cuesmes Cweme (Walloon)
Sub-municipality of Mons
War memorialWar memorial
Coat of arms of CuesmesCoat of arms
Location of Cuesmes
Location of Cuesmes in MonsLocation of Cuesmes in Mons
Cuesmes is located in BelgiumCuesmesCuesmesShow map of BelgiumCuesmes is located in Hainaut (Belgium)CuesmesCuesmesShow map of Hainaut (Belgium)
Coordinates: 50°26′10″N 3°55′14″E / 50.43611°N 3.92056°E / 50.43611; 3.92056
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Hainaut
ArrondissementMons
MunicipalityMons
Area
 • Total9.44 km (3.64 sq mi)
Population
 • Total9,964
 • Density1,100/km (2,700/sq mi)
Postal codes7033
Area codes065

Cuesmes (French pronunciation: [kwɛm] or [kɥɛm]; Walloon: Cweme) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1972. On 1 January 1972, it was merged into Mons.

History

Cuesmes was and originally is a coal mining village, as many of the residents who live there are descendants of coal miners from the 19th and 18th centuries. Coal mining is such a big part of Cuesmes and its culture that the village is surrounded by slag heaps, the most famous being Mount Héribus. Other slag heaps include Terril Du Lavunt, Terril Saint-Joseph, and Terril Sainte-Henriette. Terril Du Lavunt is 2.9 km (1.8 mi) away from Mount Héribus.

Cemetery

Cuesmes community cemetery is the public graveyard for the village of Cuesmes. The cemetery contains 47 Commonwealth burials of World War I, 9 of which are identified bodies, the rest are unidentifiable. The bodies date from August 1914 to November 1918, and were brought to the cemetery after the Armistice. The cemetery is located 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Mons.

Geography

Cuesmes is surrounded by villages and a city. The city of Mons gives protection from any invaders in the north east of the village, whilst the three towns, Hyon, Mesvin, and Cuesmes, give the village protection from the east. Its neighbouring town, Jemappes, has a road going through the middle of it called 'Rue de Cuesmes', this is because of how close they are together.

As a whole, the village of Cuesmes is surrounded in slag heaps, this is because coal miners would dump large quantities of rock in areas, and they eventually built up into large hills around the mine shafts. When there's not houses or streets, there are large farming fields, and small areas with trees, such as the yard surrounding Maison Van Gogh.

Notable people

Gallery


  • Place (Square) de Cuesmes. Place (Square) de Cuesmes.
  • The Mount Héribus. The Mount Héribus.
  • The village seen from the Mount Héribus. The village seen from the Mount Héribus.
  • Giant miner's lamp. Giant miner's lamp.
  • House of Vincent van Gogh. House of Vincent van Gogh.

References

  1. Arrêté royal du 18 février 1971 portant fusion des communes de Mons, Cuesmes, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy et Obourg.
  2. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. "Cemetery". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. "Cuesmes". City of Mons (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  5. "Van Gogh's home". en.maisonvangogh.mons.be. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  6. "Charles Lemaire (1863-1925)". data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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