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# Charleroi

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

[Plan a trip to Charleroi](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Charleroi) [From Zaventem](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zaventem&to=Charleroi)

## Every way there

- Zaventem → Charleroi 53 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · €7–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zaventem-to-charleroi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zaventem&to=Charleroi)
- Oostende → Charleroi 139 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · €17–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oostende-to-charleroi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oostende&to=Charleroi)
- Lesquin → Charleroi 96 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · €12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lesquin-to-charleroi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lesquin&to=Charleroi)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Charleroi, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Charleroi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/charleroi)

What Charleroi has

- Y Scheduled flights Charleroi (CRL), 6 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 6 timetable feeds for this country, 5 with real-time
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

50.408°, 4.447°

It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not far from the border with France. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,462 square kilometres (564 sq mi) with a total population of 522,522 by 1 January 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, and Ghent. The inhabitants are called Carolorégiens or simply Carolos.

See

## Worth seeing

The centre of Charleroi is relatively compact and walkable, encompassed within a ringroad known as the Petite Ceinture de Charleroi. Because Charleroi is located on a slight hill, the northern part of the centre is known as Ville Haute ("upper town"), and the southern part as Ville Basse ("lower town").

Do

## Things to do

Markets: If you are in Charleroi on a Sunday, do not miss the markets that spread out from Place Charles II over neighbouring streets. Cinéma Le Parc, Rue de Montigny 58 2338. A cinema. Football: Royal Charleroi SC, Les Zèbres, plays soccer in Pro League, Belgium's top tier league. Their home ground (capacity 15,000) is Stade de Pays de Charleroi, Rue des Emailleries, 500 m southeast of city centre.

1. Terril des Piges

Eat

## Where to eat

All these are in the city centre:

1. Le Chateaubriand Rue de Montigny 16.
2. Sandwicherie Rue du Mambourg 8.
3. Emirdag Bd Jacques Bertrand 51.
4. Cappadocia Bd Jacques Bertrand 64.
5. La Petite Maison - Küçük EV Place de la Digue 33 Kucuk Ev.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleroi) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Charleroi), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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