Editing Lasne

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Lasne
|picture          = Lasne Gertrude A.jpg
|picture-legend   = [[Gertrude of Nivelles|Saint Gertrude]] church in Lasne
|map              = Lasne Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = The municipality of Lasne in Walloon Brabant
|arms             = CommunesBelgique-Lasne.svg
|flag             = Flag of Lasne.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Nivelles|Nivelles]]
|nis              = 25119
|pyramid-date     =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Laurence Rothier (MR-IC)
|majority         = [[Reformist Movement|MR]]-IC
|postal-codes     = 1380
|telephone-area   = 02
|web              = [http://www.lasne.be/ www.lasne.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|41|N|04|29|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Lasne''' ({{IPA|fr|lan|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-Lasne.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Lane}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the province of [[Walloon Brabant]], [[Belgium]], south east of Brussels. 

In 2008, Lasne had a population of 14,043. The total area is 47.22&nbsp;km² which gives a [[population density]] of 297 inhabitants per km². Lasne is the richest [[Municipalities in Belgium|municipality]] in [[Wallonia]], measured by the average taxable income of the inhabitants. It also has the lowest local taxes of any municipality in Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Couture-Saint-Germain]], [[Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert]], [[Maransart]], [[Ohain, Belgium|Ohain]], and [[Plancenoit]] (including the hamlet of [[Marache]]). 

While the municipality has taken the name of Lasne, the administrative offices are in the village of Ohain.

Ohain contains an example of a Brabant-Wallon [[village green]]: almost triangular in shape and sloping gently. The green contains many mature trees and is bordered on 2 sides by old houses and shops. The church in Ohain was built around the year 1200 and the strongly built square tower dates from this time.

The village of [[Couture-Saint-Germain]] contains the ruins of the [[Cistercian]] [[Abbey]] of Aywiers which has been the subject of pilgrimages since the late 19th century in honour of [[Saint Lutgarde]] who lived there for 30 years in the first half of the 13th century.

Part of the [[Battle of Waterloo]] was fought in the village of Plancenoit, notably around the church and the fortified farm of La Papelotte. The cemetery wall is said to still contain holes made by [[musket]] balls. It was in Plancenoit that [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher|Blücher]]'s troops engaged [[Napoleon]]'s army, having marched from [[Wavre]]. Blücher and [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] met after the battle at the farm '[[La Belle Alliance]]' - now a bar. The current historic area commemorating the battle is jointly administered by the municipalities of Lasne, [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]] and [[Braine-l'Alleud]].

==Geography==
[[File:Lasne 050910 (3).jpg|thumbnail|left|View of Lasne]]
The municipality takes its name from the river Lasne which rises in the village of [[Plancenoit]] and flows through several of the villages which make up the municipality. The name Lasne comes from the [[Celtic languages|Celtic word]] meaning flat or calm, presumably referring to the slow moving river.

Lasne is in a region of Belgium known as the Pays Romain or Roman Land. The Grand Chemin is a major road traversing the municipality, linking the large towns of Wavre and [[Nivelles]], and formed a part of a network of Roman roads ultimately linking the ports of the [[Rhine]] and [[Seine]] with sea ports. The distance between small chapels on this path is equal to one or more leagues, or at a precise fraction of a [[Gaul]]ish [[league (unit)|league]], where a Gaulish league equals {{convert|2222|m|yd}}.

==Economy==
Lasne is a semi-rural municipality retaining several working farms. 66% of the land area is rural, of which 66% is agricultural land, and the remainder, forest and open areas. In the past, there were a silk factory and sand extraction, although there is no longer any industry within the municipality.

In 2007, Lasne was still considered as the richest municipality of Belgium, with an average taxable income of 40,949 euros per year according to the latest report of the INS (Institut National de Statistique).

==Twin towns==
The municipality is twinned with [[Azay-le-Rideau]] (France) and [[Abbeville, Louisiana]] (USA).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Lasne
|N  = [[La Hulpe]]
|NE = [[Rixensart]]
|E  = [[Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve]]
|S  = [[Genappe]]
|W  = [[Braine-l'Alleud]]
|NW = [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]]
}}
{{Walloon Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

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