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Lobbes

Coordinates: 50°21′N 04°15′E / 50.350°N 4.250°E / 50.350; 4.250
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Lobbes
Municipality
Lobbes on the river Sambre
Lobbes on the river Sambre
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Location of Lobbes
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Lobbes is located in Belgium
Lobbes
Lobbes
Location in Belgium
Location of Lobbes in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°21′N 04°15′E / 50.350°N 4.250°E / 50.350; 4.250
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceHainaut
ArrondissementThuin
Government
 • MayorMarcel Basile (cdH)
 • Governing party/iesMR, PS
Area
 • Total32.23 km2 (12.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-01-01)[1]
 • Total5,885
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Postal codes
6540, 6542, 6543
NIS code
56044
Area codes071
Websitewww.lobbes.be

Lobbes is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Lobbes had a total population of 5,499. The total area is 32.08 km² which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lobbes proper, Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, Sars-la-Buissière, and Bienne-lez-Happart.

The town grew up round Lobbes Abbey, a religious house established here in about 650.

The tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.

Births

References

  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  • Media related to Lobbes at Wikimedia Commons


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