Lessines
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Lessines Lessen (Dutch) |
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Location of Lessines in Hainaut
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| Coordinates: 50°43′N 03°50′E / 50.717°N 3.833°ECoordinates: 50°43′N 03°50′E / 50.717°N 3.833°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Community | French Community | ||
| Region | Wallonia | ||
| Province | Hainaut | ||
| Arrondissement | Soignies | ||
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| • Mayor | Jean-Marie Degauque (PS) | ||
| • Governing party/ies | PS, Ensemble | ||
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| • Total | 72.29 km2 (27.91 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2016) | |||
| • Total | 18,610 | ||
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 7860 Lessines 7861 Papignies 7861 Wannebecq 7862 Ogy 7863 Ghoy 7864 Deux-Acren 7866 Bois-de-Lessines 7866 Ollignies |
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| Area codes | 068 | ||
| Website | www.lessines.be | ||
Lessines (Dutch: Lessen; Picard: Lissene) is a Picardy municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. As of the 2006 census, Lessine's total population was 17,848. The total area is 72.29 km² (27.91 square miles) which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lessines proper, Ghoy, Bois-de-Lessines (Lessenbos), Oseke (Ogy), Papignies (Papegem), Deux-Acren (Twee-Akren), Wannebeek (Wannebecq), and Ollignies (Woelingen).
It is primarily known as the birthplace of the Surrealist painter René Magritte (1898 – 1967).
The LESSINES post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 71 with bars (before 1864), and 214 with points before 1874. DEUX-ACREN on 15 May 1866. It used a postal code 104 with points before 1874. The PAPIGNIES post-office opened on 18 February 1880, GHOY and OLLIGNIES on 25 May 1905, OGY on 5 November 1907.
Postal codes in 1969: -7850 Ollignies -7851 Bois-de-Lessines -7860 Lessines -7861 Papignies -7862 Ogy -7863 Ghoy -7870 Deux-Acren
Postal codes since at least 1990: -7860 Lessines -7861 Papignies, Wannebecq (not opened in 1969) -7862 Ogy -7863 Ghoy -7864 Deux-Acren -7866 Bois-de-Lessines, Ollignies.
Quarry
Porch keystone of the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose ("Hospital of Our Lady with the Rose")
"Lessinia Vrbs" from the book "Het steden-Boek" by Joan Blaeu c. ± 1649 (Amsterdam).
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