Lessines
Lessines
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Location of Lessines | |
| Coordinates: 50°43′N 03°50′E / 50.717°N 3.833°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 (French: [lɛsin] ⓘ; Picard: Lissene; Walloon: Lissene; Dutch: Lessen [ˈlɛsə(n)] ⓘ) 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 sq mi) which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km2.
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.