Charleroi, Belgium

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area had a total population of 522,522 by on the same date, ranking it as the 5th most populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, and Ghent. The inhabitants are called Carolorégiens or simply Carolos.

Charleroi in The War That Came Early
French troops met the German invasion at Charleroi in Belgium in 1938 at the beginning of the Second World War.