Cuesmes

Cuesmes ( or ; ) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1972. On 1 January 1972, it was merged into Mons.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Cuesmes
Settlement.settlement_type: Sub-municipality of Mons
Settlement.image_skyline: 0 Cuemes - Place de Cuesmes, monument aux morts.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: War memorial
Settlement.image_shield: Blason Belgique Cuesmes.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.image_map1: Cuesmes Mons Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Cuesmes in Mons
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belgium#Belgium Hainaut
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: French Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Wallonia
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Hainaut
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Mons

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Elevation: 32
Image: 0 Cuemes - Place de Cuesmes, monument aux morts.JPG

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Commons category: Cuesmes
postal code: 7033
P13200: Saxony-Anhalt

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History
Cemetery
Geography
Notable people
Gallery
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== History == Cuesmes was and originally is a coal mining village, as many of the residents who live there are descendants of coal miners from the 19th and 18th centuries. Coal mining is such a big part of Cuesmes and its culture that the village is surrounded by slag heaps, the most famous being Mount Héribus. Other slag heaps include Terril Du Lavunt, Terril Saint-Joseph, and Terril Sainte-Henriette. Terril Du Lavunt is away from Mount Héribus.