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Lessines

Located in Arrondissement de Soignies, Hainaut Province Coordinates: 50°42′51″ N 3°49′56″ E

Lessines
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
18,414
18.4K
Elevation
20 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Brussels · UTC+01:00
Places inside
65
listed under Lessines
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
BRU Brussels Airport50 km
CRL Brussels South Charleroi Airport53 km

About Lessines

Lessines is a village. Location: Arrondissement de Soignies, Hainaut Province. Population: 18,414. Elevation: 20 m.

From Wikipedia

Lessines (French: [lɛsin] ; Picard: Lissene; Walloon: Lissene; Dutch: Lessen [ˈlɛsə(n)] ) 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 sq mi) 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
72.7 km²
Official website
lessines.be

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Lessines

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 80 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
November (80 mm)
Driest month
February (51 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Lessines
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°7°10°13°18°21°23°23°19°15°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°1°3°5°9°11°13°13°11°7°4°2°
Precipitation (mm)645167516475695963758074

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Lessines

The nearest airport is Brussels Airport (BRU), 50 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Anderlecht, 37 km to the east.

Airports

  • Brussels Airport (BRU) Zaventem 50 kmnortheast
  • Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) Charleroi 53 kmsoutheast
  • Lille Airport (LIL) Lesquin 54 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Anderlecht Population: 160.6K 37 kmeast
  • Ghent Population: 265.1K 38 kmnorth
  • Brussels Population: 1M 39 kmnortheast
  • Schaarbeek Population: 132.8K 42 kmnortheast
  • Charleroi Population: 200.1K 55 kmsoutheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Lessines

Within 100 km: 287 historic and cultural sites, 709 natural sites, 1,027 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km233 places

  • Mont de Rhodes Mountain 10 kmNW
  • Muziekberg Mountain 15 kmW
  • Mont de Mainvault Mountain 11 kmSW
  • Kruiken Berg Mountain 17 kmW

25–60 km735 places

  • Het Eiland Island 56 kmN
  • Hofstademeer Lake 56 kmNE
  • Lac des Herbieres Lake 28 kmS
  • Les marais d'HArchies Lake 30 kmS

60–100 km1,055 places

  • Knokke-Strand Beach 81 kmNW
  • Klein Strand Oostende Beach 87 kmNW
  • Île d'Androssart Island 92 kmSE
  • Putse Moer Lake 86 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Lessines

65 places
  1. 1 Lessines 17.7K
  2. 2 Deux-Acren 3.9K
  3. 3 Bois-de-Lessines 1.6K
  4. 4 Ollignies 1.5K
  5. 5 Papignies 1.3K
  6. 6 Ghoy 1.1K
  7. 7 Ogy 726
  8. 8 Wannebecq 457

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

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