La Louvière (, ) is a
Walloon city and
municipality located in the
Belgian province of
Hainaut. La Louvière's municipality includes the old
communes of Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Vaast, Trivières,
Boussoit, Houdeng-Aimeries,
Houdeng-Gœgnies, Maurage, and
Strépy-Bracquegnies. La Louvière is the capital of the
Centre region, a former coal mining area in the
sillon industriel, between the
Borinage to the West and the
Pays Noir to the East.