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Lessines is a city and municipality of Wallonia in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is called Lissene in Picard and Walloon and Lessen in Dutch. At the 2014 census the municipality had 18,637 inhabitants over a total area of 72.29 square kilometres, a density of about 247 people per square kilometre. The municipality is made up of eight districts: Bois-de-Lessines, Deux-Acren, Ghoy, Lessines, Ogy, Ollignies, Papignies and Wannebecq. Lessines is best known as the birthplace of the surrealist painter René Magritte. It is also home to the Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose, founded in 1242 and considered one of the oldest hospital complexes in Europe, and to the Underwear Museum created by Jan Bucquoy, which moved there from Brussels in 2016.

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Population
18,637 1
Area (sq km)
72.29 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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1. Lessines (source article)
  • Article text, population or demographics statement
    As of the 2014 census, The municipality's total population was 18,637
  • Lead, area sentence
    The total area is 72.29 km2
  • Part Of: Belgium, Lead, first sentence
    is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead, first sentence
    is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
    is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.75
50.75 3.75 Cfb
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3. GeoNames: Lessines - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2792567, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2792567, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.71104 3.83579 P PPL BE WAL WHT 55 55023 17687 23 Europe/Brussels
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