Lobbes (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Lobbes had a total population of 5,499. The total area is 32.08 km2 which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Bienne-lez-Happart, Lobbes, Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, and Sars-la-Buissière.
The town grew up round Lobbes Abbey, a religious house established here in about 650. The Collegiate Church of Saint Ursmer, that dominates the town from a hill above the Sambre, was built as a burial church for the abbots and monks, largely dates from the 9th century. It is the oldest still functional church in Belgium and an unusually well-preserved example of Carolingian architecture.
The tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.
Births Jonas van Genechten, professional road bicycle racer Alfred Wotquenne, musical bibliographer Romain Zingle, professional cyclist
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