Lessines

Lessines
	Lessines
	Lessines
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Hainaut
District :	Ath
Coordinates :	50 ° 43 ′ N , 3 ° 50 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ N , 3 ° 50 ′ E
Area :	72.29 km²
Residents:	Error in expression: Unexpected operator < (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	Error in expression: Unexpected operator < inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	7860-7864, 7866
Prefix:	068
Mayor:	Jean-Marie Degauque ( PS )
; Local government address :	Center Administratif ; Grand'Place, 12 ; 7860 Lessines
Website:	www.lessines.be

Lessines ( Dutch : Lessen ) is a Belgian city and municipality located on the Dender River in the province of Hainaut . The municipality belongs to the French Community of Belgium and consists of the districts Lessines, Bois-de-Lessines, Deux-Acren, Ghoy, Ogy, Ollignies, Papignies and Wannebecq.

“Lessinia Vrbs” by Joan Blaeu (c. ± 1649).

Sons and Daughters of the City (alphabetical)

St. Pierre Church

Old hospital "Notre-Dame à la Rose"

Claude Criquielion (1957-2015), racing cyclist
Pierre Groult (1895–1968), Belgian Romanist
René Magritte (1898–1967), surrealist painter
Raoul Vaneigem (* 1934), artist, author and art philosopher
Gus Viseur (1915–1974), accordionist

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