Lessines

Lessines (French:; Picard: Lissene; Walloon: Lissene; Dutch: Lessen) 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 km (27.91 sq mi) which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km.

The municipality consists of the following districts: , Deux-Acren, , Lessines, Ogy, , Papignies, and .

Lessines is a municipality of Picardy Wallonia. It is primarily known as the birthplace of the surrealist painter René Magritte.