Leuze-en-Hainaut
Municipality in French Community, Belgium
Leuze-en-Hainaut Leuze-in-Hénau (Picard) | |
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Municipality | |
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Location of Leuze-en-Hainaut ![]() | |
![]() ![]() Leuze-en-Hainaut Location in Belgium The municipality in the province of Hainaut ![]() | |
Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°37′12″E / 50.59944°N 3.62000°E / 50.59944; 3.62000 | |
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Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Hainaut |
Arrondissement | Tournai-Mouscron |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lucien Rawart (MR) |
• Governing party/ies | MR, IDEES |
Area | |
• Total | 74.46 km2 (28.75 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 13,886 |
• Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 7900-7906 |
NIS code | 57094 |
Area codes | 069 |
Website | www.leuze-en-hainaut.be |
Leuze-en-Hainaut (French pronunciation: [løz ɑ̃ ɛno] ⓘ; Picard: Leuze-in-Hénau; Walloon: Leuze-e-Hinnot) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2018, it had a population of 13,886.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Gallaix, Grandmetz, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Pipaix, Thieulain, Tourpes, and Willaupuis.
Famous landmarks
- The Collegiate Church of Saint Peter was erected in 1745 on the site of a former Gothic church, destroyed by fire. The building's sumptuous interior features intricate woodwork, including the carved Louis XVth style panels of the confessionals, decorated with a variety of motifs, a sculpted representation of Saint Peter in chains, below the pulpit, and the organ casing.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Pierre_de_Leuze-en-Hainaut_%28DSCF8217-DSCF8220%29.jpg/220px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Pierre_de_Leuze-en-Hainaut_%28DSCF8217-DSCF8220%29.jpg)
Twin towns
- Loudun (France) (1961)
- Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (1968)
- Carencro, Louisiana (United States) (1993)
See also
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Leuze-en-Hainaut at Wikimedia Commons
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