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Ghent 
city in the province of East Flanders, Belgium
Centrala Gent
Stadens läge i provinsen Östflandern.
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Part of
  • East Flanders
  • Emergency zone East Flanders Center
  • Police zone Ghent
Named after
Patron saint
Location
  • Arrondissement of Ghent
  • Belgium
Located in or next to body of water
Capital
  • Ghent
Official language
Anthem
  • Klokke Roeland (unknown value – )
Head of government
Legal form
  • Cities and municipalities
Significant event
  • Fall of Ghent
  • Siege of Ghent
  • Siege of Ghent
Population
  • 265,086 (2022)
Area
  • 157.77 km² (2021)
Top-level Internet domain
  • .gent (2014–)
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official website
Map51° 03′ 13″ N, 3° 43′ 31″ E
Authority file
Wikidata Q1296
ISNI: 0000000406127942
VIAF ID: 128544040
GND ID: 4020176-4
Library of Congress authority ID: n79021344
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11949424z
IdRef ID: 027457443
NL CR AUT ID: ge221887
National Library of Spain ID: XX451131
NORAF ID: 98046368
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10045083
J9U ID: 987007554809405171
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 897671
OpenStreetMap node ID: 1668655163
GitHub username: StadGent
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History

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See: Old maps of Ghent

Insignia

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Three towers of Ghent

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The so called three towers are Ghent's landmark. Those towers are: Sint-Baafs church, Belfort (Belfry) and Sint-Niklaas church. Sometimes, you will hear about the fourth tower of Ghent, the Boekentoren

Sint-Baafs Cathedral

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see:Sint-Baafskathedraal

Belfry

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Sint-Nicolaas church

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Other churches

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Castle of the counts

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Castle of the counts (Dutch: Gravensteen) is one of two castles to be found in Ghent. It dates back to 12-13th century.

Town hall

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Town hall was build in 16-17 century

Old houses

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Modern achitecture

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Water in the town

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Transport

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Rail

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Tram

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PCC cars

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HermeLijn low floor tram vehicles

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Trolleybuses

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Ghent is the only trolleybus city in Belgium

Misc

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