Lobbes
Lobbes (LL- (fra)-Manestra-Lobbes.wav) 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 2 which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km 2.
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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 Collegiate Church of Saint Ursmer, that dominates the town from a hill above the Sambre, was built as a burial church for the abbots and monks, largely dates from the 9th century. It is the oldest still functional church in Belgium and an unusually well-preserved example of Carolingian architecture. The tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.
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• Name — Lobbes • Province — Hainaut • Arrondissement — Thuin • Nis — 56044 • Mayor — Lucien Bauduin (PS) • Majority — PS - LOB2.0 (MR) - Ecolo • Postal Code — 6540, 6542, 6543 • Area Code — 071 • Website — www.lobbes.be
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• Jonas van Genechten, professional road bicycle racer • Alfred Wotquenne, musical bibliographer • Romain Zingle, professional cyclist
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