Area codes 071 Local time Thursday 3:58 PM Province Hainaut | Postal codes 6540, 6542, 6543 Website www.lobbes.be Area code 071 | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 53% Humidity Governing parties Mouvement Réformateur, Parti Socialiste | ||
Lobbes is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 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.
Map of Lobbes, Belgium
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lobbes proper, Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, Sars-la-Buissière, and Bienne-lez-Happart.
The town grew up round Lobbes Abbey, a religious house established here in about 650.
The tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.
The noted musical bibliographer Alfred Wotquenne was born in Lobbes.
References
Lobbes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA