Tubize | |
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 |
Mayor: | Michel Januth (PS) |
Majority: | PS, Ecolo, DéFI |
Postal-Codes: | 1480 |
Telephone-Area: | 02 |
Web: | www.tubize.be |
Coordinates: | 50.693°N 16.28°W |
Tubize (in French pronounced as /tybiz/; Dutch; Flemish: Tubeke in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /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.
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 [1]