Editing Tubize

{{Other uses|Tubize (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Tubize
|namenl           = Tubeke
|type             = city
|picture          = Tubize, centre-ville.JPG
|map              = Tubize Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = The municipality of Tubize in Walloon Brabant
|arms             = CommunesBelgique-Tubize.svg
|flag             = Tubize Belgium.svg
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Nivelles|Nivelles]]
|nis              = 25105
|pyramid-date     = 
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Michel Januth ([[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]]) 
|majority         = [[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]], [[Ecolo]], [[DéFI]]
|postal-codes     = 1480
|telephone-area   = 02
|web              = [http://www.tubize.be/ www.tubize.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|41.58|N|04|12.28|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Tubize''' ({{IPA|fr|tybiz|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-Tubize.wav}}; {{langx|nl|Tubeke}} {{IPA|nl|ˈtybeːkə||}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Décret accordant le titre de ville à la commune de Tubize |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/decret/2017/04/20/2017202190/moniteur |date=20 April 2017 |lang=fr |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref> of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Walloon Brabant|province of Walloon Brabant]]. On January 1, 2006 Tubize had a total population of 22,335. The total area is 32.66&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 684 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

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

[[Image:TubizeTownHall.jpg|thumb|none|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 Railway]]s, [[Finland]], and one narrow-gauge ([[Tubize 2179|2179]]) in Poland. One locomotive is still in operation on the [[Pelion railway]] in Greece. Three are preserved in Iran.<ref name="internationalsteam">{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/asiawest.htm#Iran|publisher=internationalsteam.co.uk|title=Steam in Asia (West) 2016 |accessdate=2016-11-12}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[A.F.C. Tubize]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Tubize
|N  = [[Halle, Belgium|Halle]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
|E  = [[Braine-le-Château]]
|SE = [[Ittre]]
|S  = [[Braine-le-Comte]] ([[Hainaut (province)|WHT]])
|W  = [[Rebecq]]
|NW = [[Pepingen]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
}}
{{Walloon Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Tubize| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Walloon Brabant]]


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