| Lobbes Lôbe (Walloon) | |
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| Municipality | |
 Lobbes on the river Sambre | |
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| Location of Lobbes | |
  LobbesLocation in Belgium
Location of Lobbes in Hainaut
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| Coordinates: 50°21′N 04°15′E / 50.350°N 4.250°E / 50.350; 4.250 | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Hainaut |
| Arrondissement | Thuin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucien Bauduin (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | PS - LOB2.0 (MR) - Ecolo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.23 km (12.44 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,885 |
| • Density | 180/km (470/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 6540, 6542, 6543 |
| NIS code | 56044 |
| Area codes | 071 |
| Website | www.lobbes.be |
Lobbes (French pronunciation: [lɔb] ; Walloon: Lôbe) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Lobbes had a total population of 5,499. The total area is 32.08 km which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Bienne-lez-Happart, Lobbes, Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, and Sars-la-Buissière.
The town grew up round Lobbes Abbey, a religious house established here in about 650.
The tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.
Births
- Jonas van Genechten, professional road bicycle racer
- Alfred Wotquenne, musical bibliographer
- Romain Zingle, professional cyclist
References
- "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Lobbes at Wikimedia Commons
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