Lessines

Lessines Lissene (Picard) Lessen (Dutch)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lessines
Lessines Location in Belgium Location of Lessines in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°43′N 03°50′E / 50.717°N 3.833°E / 50.717; 3.833
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Ath
Government
• Mayor	Pascal De Handschutter (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS - ENSEMBLE (MR) - OSER cdH
Area
• Total	72.67 km2 (28.06 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	18,552
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Postal codes	7860 Lessines 7861 Papignies 7861 Wannebecq 7862 Ogy 7863 Ghoy 7864 Deux-Acren 7866 Bois-de-Lessines 7866 Ollignies
NIS code	51069
Area codes	068
Website	www.lessines.be

Lessines (French pronunciation: [lɛsin] ^ⓘ; Dutch: Lessen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛsə(n)] ^ⓘ; Picard: Lissene, Walloon: Lissene) 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).