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La Louvière

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La Louvière: Where is, history and other tourist information to visit this place.



Tourist Guide La Louvière

La Louvière is a Walloon city and also a municipality which is located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The municipality includes some of the old communities like Haine-Saint-Paul, Saint-Vaast and many more such communities. La Louvière is also the capital of the Centre region which was a former coal mining area in the sillon industriel.

The true origin of the city dates back to the 12th century. In the 19th century the city had roads, canals and even railways. La Louvière surpassed its overlord Saint-Vaast in population and economic wealth. At present, this city is still the 5fth largest city in Wallonia after Mons, Narmur, Liege and Charleroi.

La Louviere had a total population of 76,784 in 2004 census. This was divided with 36,966 males and 39,818 females. The total area of the city is 64.16 square kilometers and gives a population density of 1,196.74 inhabitants per square kilometers.



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