Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Municipality in French Community, Belgium
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Location of Les Bons Villers
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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.
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