Lessines Lissene (Picard) Lessen (Dutch) | |
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  Lessines Location in Belgium Location of Lessines in Hainaut  | |
| Coordinates:50°43′N03°50′E / 50.717°N 3.833°E /50.717; 3.833 | |
| 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)[1] | |
• Total | 18,552 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 7860Lessines 7861Papignies 7861Wannebecq 7862Ogy 7863Ghoy 7864Deux-Acren 7866Bois-de-Lessines 7866Ollignies |
| NIS code | 51069 |
| Area codes | 068 |
| Website | www |
Lessines (French:[lɛsin]ⓘ;Picard:Lissene;Walloon:Lissene;Dutch:Lessen[ˈlɛsə(n)]ⓘ) is a city andmunicipality ofWallonia located in theprovince 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 apopulation density of 247 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the followingdistricts:Bois-de-Lessines,Deux-Acren,Ghoy, Lessines,Ogy,Ollignies,Papignies, andWannebecq.
Lessines is a municipality ofPicardy Wallonia. It is primarily known as the birthplace of thesurrealist painterRené Magritte.
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The Lessines post office opened before 1830. It used postal code 71 with bars (before 1864), and 214 with points before 1874. Deux-Acren post office opened on 15 May 1866. It used postal code 104 with points before 1874. The Papignies post office opened on 18 February 1880, Ghoy and Ollignies on 25 May 1905, and Ogy on 5 November 1907.[2]
Postal codes in 1969:[3] 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
TheUnderwear Museum, created byJan Bucquoy, is in Lessines; it moved from Brussels to Lessines in 2016.[4] The Hospital of Our Lady with the Rose,a tentative World Heritage site, and theCastle of l'Estriverie are also in Lessines.
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