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La Louvière: coal miners' housing
La Louvière: coal miners' housing Worker housing for the former Bois-du-Luc coal mine in La Louvière, Belg.

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La Louvière, town, Hainaut province, southwestern Belgium, on the Central Canal, about 11 miles (17 km) east of Mons. It has been a centre of coal mining since the 14th century. La Louvière is also a major centre of steel manufacturing and produces sheet metal, furniture, and ceramics. Nearby is the park of Mariemont, named for Mary of Hungary, sister of Charles V and queen of the Netherlands, who first built a palace there in 1554. A museum (built 1962–67) in the park contains Gallo-Roman and Merovingian antiquities, porcelain from Tournai, Far Eastern art, and has a library of 130,000 volumes. The town is connected by railway and road with Mons, Charleroi, and Brussels. Pop. (2004 est.) 76,784.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.