Talk:Charleroi

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I may be mistaken, but in French the inhabitants are called Caroloregians. in English Carolingians ?

The inhabitants of Charleroi are called Carolorégiens in french, but I don't know any english translation.

[edit] mayor change

Due to the mayor Léon Casaert and his entire municipal council beeing indigted of forgery he has been replaced by the christain-democrat Jean-Jacques Viseur. Don't know how to change it myself -waldo

[edit] Alleged Dutch name

"Dutch: Karelskoning, but Charleroi is more frequently used", User:Julien_Tuerlinckx writes. But this is incorrect information, because Karelskoning is never ever used at all. I suggest that Karelskoning be deleted, just like in the Dutch and French articles about Charleroi, unless reliable sources such as Belgian books, reference works and official documents prove that the name does exist. Most of the internet hits are actually quotes from Wikipedia. Mimse 13:25:18, 2005-08-07 (UTC)

Hi, I checked what you said about the google hits and indeed it seems that the only site that doesn't obviously quote wkipedia is this one... so i think we should remove karelsjoning except if we find more information about it (isn't it an old name for the city?). Watch also the article Names of European cities in different languages. Cheers, Julien Tuerlinckx 14:06, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

The name Karelskoning was used as a joke in some radio-programm in Belgium. I have removed this translation because it is never used at all. Sunshineboy 08:57, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Twin Cities???

What is the deal with that twin cities part -- what does it have to do with Charleroi?