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 = Nivelles
|nis = 25105
|pyramid-date =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date =
|mayor = Michel Januth (PS)
|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 municipality and city{{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}} 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
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.{{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}}
See also
References
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External links
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Tubize
|E = Braine-le-Château
|SE = Ittre
|S = Braine-le-Comte (WHT)
|W = Rebecq
}}
{{Walloon Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Walloon Brabant
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