Leuze-en-Hainaut

Leuze-en-Hainaut
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
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; 3.62000Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°37′12″E / 50.59944°N 3.62000°E / 50.59944; 3.62000
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Tournai
Government
• Mayor	Christian Brotcorne (cdH)
• Governing party/ies	cdH, MR
Area
• Total	73.53 km2 (28.39 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	13,699
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Postal codes	7900-7906
Area codes	069
Website	www.leuze-en-hainaut.be

Leuze-en-Hainaut is a municipality in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. Comprising the former municipalities of Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Gallaix, Grandmetz, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Pipaix, Thieulain, Tourpes, and Willaupuis, it had a population on 1 January 2016 of 13,699.

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.

Collegiate Church of St Peter

Twin towns

• - Loudun (France) (1961)
• - Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (1968)
• - Carencro, Louisiana (United States) (1993)

References

External links

• Media related to Leuze-en-Hainaut at Wikimedia Commons

Adjacent places of Leuze-en-Hainaut
		Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
	Tournai		Ath
		Leuze-en-Hainaut
		Péruwelz, Belœil

Municipalities in the Province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Ath	Ath Belœil Bernissart Brugelette Chièvres Ellezelles Flobecq Frasnes-lez-Anvaing
Charleroi	Aiseau-Presles Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Charleroi Châtelet Courcelles Farciennes Fleurus Fontaine-l'Évêque Gerpinnes Les Bons Villers Manage Montigny-le-Tilleul Pont-à-Celles Seneffe
Mons	Boussu Colfontaine Dour Frameries Hensies Honnelles Jurbise Lens Mons Quaregnon Quévy Quiévrain Saint-Ghislain
Mouscron	Comines-Warneton Mouscron
Soignies	Braine-le-Comte Écaussinnes Enghien La Louvière Le Rœulx Lessines Silly Soignies
Thuin	Anderlues Beaumont Binche Chimay Erquelinnes Estinnes Froidchapelle Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes Lobbes Merbes-le-Château Momignies Morlanwelz Sivry-Rance Thuin
Tournai	Antoing Brunehaut Celles Estaimpuis Leuze-en-Hainaut Mont-de-l'Enclus Pecq Péruwelz Rumes Tournai