Tubize

Tubize

Tubize

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

For other uses, see Tubize (disambiguation).

Tubize (French pronunciation: [tybiz] ⓘ; 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.

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The municipality includes the districts of Clabecq, Oisquercq, Saintes, and Tubize. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch-speakers.

Tubize town hall

Ateliers de Tubize

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Steam in Asia (West) 2016". internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  • Media related to Tubize at Wikimedia Commons


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