Place:Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium

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NameLessines
Alt namesLessensource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-96
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates50.717°N 3.833°E
Located inHainaut, Belgium
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Lessines is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. As of the 2014 census, The municipality's total population was 18,637. The total area is 72.29 km² (27.91 square miles) which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Bois-de-Lessines, Deux-Acren, Ghoy, Lessines, Ogy, Ollignies, Papignies, and Wannebecq.

Lessines is a municipality of Picardy Wallonia.

It is primarily known as the birthplace of the Surrealist painter René Magritte (1898 – 1967).

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