Marchienne-au-Pont


Marchienne-au-Pont is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune in its own right before the merger of communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.

Sights

On October12, 1918, Yvonne Viesley, age 10, was shot by a German soldier after she tried to pass a piece of bread to French prisoners through the bars of a gate. French president Poincaré gave her a posthumous medal of honor on September11, 1919. A monument has been built where she fell.

People born in Marchienne-au-Pont