Lessines
Lessines (French pronunciation: [lɛsin] ⓘ; Dutch: Lessen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛsə(n)] ⓘ; Picard: Lissene, Walloon: Lissene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. As of the 2014 census, The municipality's total population was 18,637. The total area is 72.29 km² (27.91 square miles) which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km².
Lessines
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Location of Lessines | |
Lessines Location in Belgium
Location of Lessines in Hainaut | |
| Coordinates: 50°43′N 03°50′E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Hainaut |
| Arrondissement | Ath |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pascal De Handschutter (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | PS - ENSEMBLE (MR) - OSER cdH |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.67 km2 (28.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01) | |
| • Total | 18,552 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 7860 Lessines 7861 Papignies 7861 Wannebecq 7862 Ogy 7863 Ghoy 7864 Deux-Acren 7866 Bois-de-Lessines 7866 Ollignies |
| NIS code | 51069 |
| Area codes | 068 |
| Website | www.lessines.be |
The municipality consists of the following districts: Bois-de-Lessines, Deux-Acren, Ghoy, Lessines, Ogy, Ollignies, Papignies, and Wannebecq.
Lessines is a municipality of Picardy Wallonia. It is primarily known as the birthplace of the Surrealist painter René Magritte (1898 – 1967).
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