Cuesmes
Cuesmes (or; 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.
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• Name — Cuesmes • Native Name — Cweme • Type — Sub-municipality of Mons • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Community • Subdivision Name1 — French Community • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Wallonia • Subdivision Type3 — Province • Subdivision Name3 — Hainaut • Subdivision Type4 — Arrondissement • Subdivision Name4 — Mons • Subdivision Type5 — Municipality • Subdivision Name5 — Mons • Area Total Km2 — 9.44 • Population As Of — 2020-01-01 • Population Total — 9964 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Postal Code Type — Postal codes • Postal Code — 7033 • Area Code Type — Area codes • Area Code — 065
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Cuesmes appears in the authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Cuesmes as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Hainaut, Province de as the administrative unit of Cuesmes.
History
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 away from Mount Héribus.
Cemetery
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 west of Mons.
Geography
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
Notable people
• Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), lived here during the years of 1879 and 1880, at Maison Van Gogh (now a museum). • Charles Lemaire (1863 – 1926), explorer and military officer
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Place (Square) de Cuesmes. • Illustration — The Mount Héribus. • Illustration — The village seen from the Mount Héribus. • Illustration — Giant miner's lamp. • Illustration — House of Vincent van Gogh.
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- 1.Arrêté royal du 18 février 1971 portant fusion des communes de Mons, Cuesmes, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy et Obourg.
- 2.Google Maps.
- 3.Cemetery. www.cwgc.org.
- 4.Cuesmes. City of Mons.
- 5.Van Gogh's home. en.maisonvangogh.mons.be.
- 6.Charles Lemaire (1863-1925). data.bnf.fr.
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