Fontaine-l'Eveque (BE)

Fontaine-l'Évêque is a Walloon municipality (17,801 inhabitants end 2017) located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Fontaine-l'Évêque proper, Forchies-la-Marche, and Leernes.

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Postal history

The FONTAINE-L'EVEQUE post office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 42 with bars (before 1864), and 132 with points before 1874. The FORCHIES-LA-MARCHE on 19 October 1885, LEERNES on 21 February 1907.

Postmarks after 1950

Postal codes in 1969: - 6120 Leernes, - 6140 Fontaine-l'Évêque, - 6150 Forchies-la-Marche.

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Baudouin period

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Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Albert I period

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Leopold II period

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Leopold I period

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Covers

1933 Advertising (Chocolate) Postal Card sent to Charleroi Villette