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Boussu Boussu-dlé-Mont (Picard)
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
Location of Boussu
BoussuLocation in Belgium Location of Boussu in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°26′N 03°48′E / 50.433°N 3.800°E / 50.433; 3.800
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Mons
Government
• Mayor	Sandra Narcisi (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS
Area
• Total	20.08 km (7.75 sq mi)
Population
• Total	19,856
• Density	990/km (2,600/sq mi)
Postal codes	7300, 7301
NIS code	53014
Area codes	065
Website	www.boussu.be

Boussu (French pronunciation: [busy]; Picard: Boussu-dlé-Mont) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

As of January 1, 2006, Boussu had a population of 20,058. The total area is 20.01 km, which gives a population density of 1,002 inhabitants per km.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussu and Hornu.

History

During the late Middle Ages the town gave his name to an important branch of the House of Hénin. The castle of Boussu was constructed in this period, and important members of this family are buried inside the church. Most famous is the Mausoleum of Maximilien II de Hénin, 5th Count of Bossu.

In the 19th century local industry expanded. A planned industrial city, called le Grand Hornu, was constructed. Located in Hornu, the buildings are now a museum.

Etymology

As its neighbouring municipality, Hornu, Boussu's town is very old and the history of Saint Waudru mentions the existence of a church in the 13th century. In the acts of the past, Boussu conquered very diverse titles: Buxutum, Bussuth, Bussut, Bossut, Boussut. However, the etymology is very simple. This means "the place abundant in boxwood" (in Latin buxus: meaning boxwood or buxutum meaning boxwood coppice).

Famous inhabitants

• Marcel Moreau, writer
• Massimo Bruno, Footballer and Belgian youth international

References

1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

• Media related to Boussu at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places adjacent to Boussu
Saint-Ghislain Hensies Boussu Quaregnon Colfontaine Dour

v t e Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Ath	Ath Belœil Bernissart Brugelette Chièvres Ellezelles Enghien Flobecq Frasnes-lez-Anvaing Lessines Silly
Charleroi	Aiseau-Presles Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Charleroi Châtelet Courcelles Farciennes Fleurus Fontaine-l'Évêque Gerpinnes Les Bons Villers Montigny-le-Tilleul Pont-à-Celles
La Louvière	Binche Estinnes La Louvière Morlanwelz
Mons	Boussu Colfontaine Dour Frameries Hensies Honnelles Jurbise Lens Mons (Capital) Quaregnon Quévy Quiévrain Saint-Ghislain
Soignies	Braine-le-Comte Écaussinnes Le Rœulx Manage Soignies Seneffe
Thuin	Anderlues Beaumont Chimay Erquelinnes Froidchapelle Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes Lobbes Merbes-le-Château Momignies Sivry-Rance Thuin
Tournai-Mouscron	Antoing Brunehaut Celles Comines-Warneton Estaimpuis Leuze-en-Hainaut Mont-de-l'Enclus Mouscron Pecq Péruwelz Rumes Tournai
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