Lessines
Lessines
Lessen (Dutch) | |
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Coordinates: 50°43′N 03°50′E / 50.717°N 3.833°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Hainaut |
Arrondissement | Soignies |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Marie Degauque (PS) |
• Governing party/ies | PS, Ensemble |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 18,552 |
Postal codes | 7860 Lessines 7861 Papignies 7861 Wannebecq 7862 Ogy 7863 Ghoy 7864 Deux-Acren 7866 Bois-de-Lessines 7866 Ollignies |
NIS code | 55023 |
Area codes | 068 |
Website | www.lessines.be |
Lessines (Dutch: Lessen; Picard: Lissene) is a Picard municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. As of the 2014 census, Lessine'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.
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lessines proper, Ghoy, Bois-de-Lessines (Lessenbos), Ogy (Oseke), Papignies (Papegem), Deux-Acren (Acren), Wannebecq (Wannebeek), and Ollignies (Woelingen).
It is primarily known as the birthplace of the Surrealist painter René Magritte (1898 – 1967).
History
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Postal history
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.[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.
Culture
The Underwear Museum, created by Jan Bucquoy, is in Lessines; it moved from Brussels to Lessines in 2016.[4]
Images
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Quarry
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Porch keystone of the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose ("Hospital of Our Lady with the Rose")
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"Lessinia Vrbs" from the book "Het steden-Boek" by Joan Blaeu c. ± 1649 (Amsterdam).
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
- ^ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
- ^ Boyle, Robyn (2016-09-25). "Underwear Museum moves from Brussels to Lessines". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
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External links
- Media related to Lessines at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
- One alternative site, with lots of further information on the city (in French, Dutch, English)
- Another alternative site, with lots of further information on the city (in French)