Brussels South Charleroi Airport
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA), also informally called Brussels-Charleroi Airport or Charleroi Airport, is an international airport located in Gosselies, a part of the city of Charleroi, Belgium. The airport is 4 nautical miles north of Charleroi and 46 km south of central Brussels.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport
Biplane on the Gosselies airfield in 1920.
Terminal interior
Aerial view
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not far from the border with France. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,462 square kilometres (564 sq mi) with a total population of 522,522 by 1 January 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, and Ghent. The inhabitants are called Carolorégiens or simply Carolos.
Image: Charleroi hôtel de ville vu de la place Charles II 2014 08 07
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Image: Charleroi église Saint Christophe vue de la place Charles II aout 2014
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