Gosselies
Gosselies is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Located in the north of Charleroi, it was a city and a municipality of its own before the merger of the municipalities in 1977. Gosselies was the home of the headquarters of Caterpillar Belgium, as well as Solar Turbines Europe. The Brussels [South Charleroi Airport] is located in Gosselies too.
On the Charleroi [Metro line 3|pre-metro line M3], opened in June 2013, there are nine stations located in Gosselies. Since this date, Gosselies has been re-connected with the center of Charleroi and the SNCB Charleroi-South railway station by tram.
People born in Gosselies
- Edmond Dauchot, photographer, poet and engraver
- Jean-Pierre Lecocq, molecular biologist and entrepreneur
Sights