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Lodelinsart

Coordinates: 50°25′N 4°27′E / 50.417°N 4.450°E / 50.417; 4.450
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Lodelinsart
Lodlinsåt (Walloon)
Former municipality of Belgium
Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Lodelinsart is located in Belgium
Lodelinsart
Lodelinsart
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°25′N 4°27′E / 50.417°N 4.450°E / 50.417; 4.450
Country Belgium
Region Wallonia
Community French Community
Province Hainaut
Municipality Charleroi
Area
 • Total1.14 sq mi (2.96 km2)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total6,802
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6042
Area code071

Lodelinsart (Walloon: Lodlinsåt) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

It was a municipality of its own before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.[citation needed]

Folkrore

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The Royal Climbia's Club is a philanthropic club founded in 1893 in Lodelinsart. The club is made up of thirteen local men and many volunteers who work with them for charity. The Climbia's organise a masked ball and various festive events. The Royal Cimbia's club is part of the oral and intangible heritage of the Brussels-Wallonia Federation.[1]

Crime

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Sadia Sheikh was murdered in Lodelinsart in 2007.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Royal Climbia's Club". Patrimoine culturel (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  2. ^ "Affaire Sadia Sheikh : le portrait des accusés et de Sadia". RTBF (in French). 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2019-12-27. [...]frère Mudusar le 22 octobre 2007 à Lodelinsart près de Charleroi.