Frasnes-lez-Gosselies

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Coat of arms

Location of Les Bons Villers

50°31′53″N 4°26′46″E / 50.53147°N 4.44616°E / 50.53147; 4.44616Country

BelgiumCommunity French Community RegionWalloniaProvinceHainautArrondissementCharleroiGovernment

• MayorEmmanuel Wart (MR-IC) • Governing party/iesMR-IC, PSArea

• Total42.97 km² (16.59 sq mi)Postal codes

6210

NIS code

52075

Area codes071Websitewww.les-bons-villers.be

Frasnes-lez-Gosselies (Walloon: Fråne-dilé-Gochliye) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Les Bons Villers, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Former names

Fraxina (1146 ; 1147 ; 1148), Frasna (1148), Fraine (1205 ; ±1210), Fraxinensis (1205), Fraina (1222).^[1]

Notable natives of Frasnes-lez-Gosselies

Adolphe Biarent (1871–1916), composer
Paul Vanderborght (1899–1971), poet
Jean Duvieusart (1900–1977), Former Prime Minister

References

^ Gysseling, Maurits (1960). "Toponymisch woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland (vóór 1226)". Tongres, Belgisch Interuniversitair Centrum voor Neerlandistiek. p. 375.