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La Louvière is a city located in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of southern Belgium. It is historically significant as an industrial center, particularly known for its coal mining and steel production heritage.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Official name
- La Louvière
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of La Louvière
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 77616
- Area
- 64.24
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Canal du Centre
- Shares border with
- Le Rœulx
- Official website
- www.lalouviere.be
- Image
- Bois-du-Luc CM3JPG.jpg
- Dialing code
- 064
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- twinned administrative body
- Aragona
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in La Louvière
- Commons category
- La Louvière
- topic's main category
- Category:La Louvière
- postal code
- 7071
- category of associated people
- Category:People from La Louvière
- native label
- La Louvière
- annual number of weddings
- 202
- language used
- French
- phone number
- +32-64-27-78-11
- contains settlement
- Giresun
- P13200
- Argentina
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Encyclopedic overview
La Louvière ( French pronunciation: [la luvjɛʁ] ; Walloon: El Lovire) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussoit, Haine-Saint-Paul [fr], Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr], Houdeng-Aimeries, Houdeng-Gœgnies, La Louvière, Maurage, Saint-Vaast, Strépy-Bracquegnies, and Trivières.
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