Lessines is a Picard municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. As of the 2014 census, Lessine's total population was 18,637. The total area is 72.29 km² which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lessines proper, Ghoy, Bois-de-Lessines , Ogy , Papignies , Deux-Acren , Wannebecq , and Ollignies . It is primarily known as the birthplace of the Surrealist painter René Magritte .
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