Tubize
Tubize
Tubeke (Dutch) | |
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Flag of Tubize Flag Coat of arms of Tubize Coat of arms | |
Location of Tubize | |
Tubize is located in Belgium Tubize Tubize | |
| Coordinates: 50°41.58′N 04°12.28′E / 50.69300°N 4.20467°E / 50.69300; 4.20467 | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Walloon Brabant |
| Arrondissement | Nivelles |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Januth (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | PS, Ecolo, DéFI |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.77 km2 (12.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2018年01月01日)[1] | |
• Total | 25,914 |
| • Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1480 |
| NIS code | 25105 |
| Area codes | 02 |
| Website | www.tubize.be |
Tubize (French pronunciation: [tybiz] i ; Dutch: Tubeke [ˈtybeːkə] ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Tubize had a total population of 22,335. The total area is 32.66 km2 which gives a population density of 684 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality includes the districts of Clabecq, Oisquercq, Saintes, and Tubize. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.
Ateliers de Tubize
[edit ]Les Ateliers de Tubize locomotive works was located in Tubize. At least six Tubize locomotives are preserved. One (Tubize 2069) in Belgium, two narrow gauge locomotives (2365 & 2369) in Jokioinen Museum Railways, Finland, and one narrow-gauge (2179) in Poland. One locomotive is still in operation on the Pelion railway in Greece. Three are preserved in Iran [2]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Steam in Asia (West) 2016". internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 2016年11月12日.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Tubize at Wikimedia Commons
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