Lobbes
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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