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Lessines (Municipality, Province of Hainaut, Belgium) |
 | | The municipality and town (Ville) of Lessines (in Dutch, Lessen; 16,332 inhabitants; 7,225 ha) is located on the river Dendre, 30 km south-west of Brussels and 10 km north of Ath, on the border of Hainaut (Wallonia) and East Flanders (Flanders). |
 | | The Lessines Hospital, in spite of having been dramatically revamped over the centuries and used until 1980, is the last surviving example in Belgium of a medieval hospital with its complete hospital and monastic buildings, farm, gardens, ice cave and cemetary. |
 | | The municipal flag of Lessines, as confirmed by the municipal administration, is vertically divided red-yellow with the municipal arms in the middle. |
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