Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Lobbes

Lôbe (Walloon)

Municipality

Lobbes on the river Sambre

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Location of 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; 4.250Coordinates: 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 km2 (12.44 sq mi)
Population

(2020-01-01)[1]

• Total| 5,885
• Density| 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Postal codes|

6540, 6542, 6543

Area codes| 071
Website| www.lobbes.be

Lobbes (French pronunciation: [lɔb] (listen); 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 km² which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km².

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[edit]

* Jonas van Genechten, professional road bicycle racer
* Alfred Wotquenne, musical bibliographer
* Romain Zingle, professional cyclist

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Lobbes at Wikimedia Commons

Places adjacent to Lobbes

| Binche | Anderlues | Fontaine-l'Évêque

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Ath|

* Ath
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* Aiseau-Presles
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* Binche
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* Boussu
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* Braine-le-Comte
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* Le Rœulx
* Manage
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* Seneffe

Thuin|

* Anderlues
* Beaumont
* Chimay
* Erquelinnes
* Froidchapelle
* Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes
* Lobbes
* Merbes-le-Château
* Momignies
* Sivry-Rance
* Thuin

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* Antoing
* Brunehaut
* Celles
* Comines-Warneton
* Estaimpuis
* Leuze-en-Hainaut
* Mont-de-l'Enclus
* Mouscron
* Pecq
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* Rumes
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