Lobbes

Lobbes (Lôbe) 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 km2 which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km2.

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 tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.

Births

 * Jonas van Genechten, professional road bicycle racer
 * Alfred Wotquenne, musical bibliographer
 * Romain Zingle, professional cyclist