Lobbes (BE)

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Lobbes (pronunciation: [lɔb]) is a municipality (5,885 inhabitants end 2019 of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following sections: Bienne-lez-Happart, Lobbes, Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, and Sars-la-Buissière.

The town grew up round Lobbes Abbey, a religious house established here in about 650.

Postal history before 1910

The LOBBES post office opened on 11 November 1879.

Postmarks after 1950

Postal codes 6540, 6542, 6543

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Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Albert I period

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Leopold II period

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Covers

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