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| Louvière, La |
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(lä l vyâr´) (KEY) , commune (1991 pop. 76,432), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It was an industrial center of the Bassin du Centre coal-mining region but has changed its economic focus since the coal mines ceased producing. |
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