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| La Louvière |
Population : 78,774.
Location: La Louvière, Hainaut, Belgium.
Area: 64.24
km2 (24.80 sq mi).
La Louvière is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of
Hainaut. La Louvière's municipality includes the old communes of
Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Vaast, Trivières, Boussoit,
Houdeng-Aimeries, Houdeng-Gœgnies, Maurage, and Strépy-Bracquegnies. La
Louvière is the capital of the Centre region, a former coal mining area in the
sillon industriel, between the Borinage to the West and the Pays Noir to the
East.
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| La Louvière |
The legend of a mother wolf nursing a child
at La Louvière is reminiscent of the mythical birth of Rome. The true origin of
the city, however, dates from the 12th century. At that time, the forested, and
presumably wolf-infested, territory of today’s La Louvière was named Menaulu,
from the Old French meaning “wolf’s lair”. This land was part of the larger
community of Saint-Vaast, which itself belonged to the Aulne Abbey.
Street
View of La Louvière
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